The Devil's Advocate
Devil's Playground Duet, Book Two

I'm reading this for the Elements of Faith book club. It is the story of a disillusioned English priest who is dying but is asked to take on one last task ... that of being the Devil's Advocate in investigating a possible case for sainthood. Traditionally, the Vatican would assign someone to look in......more

I picked this up on a whim-- actually, I saw it for sale for $1 and decided what the heck-- It turned out to be a real page-turner, it's just really well-written and enjoyable... One of the reviews on the inside cover say it somehow manages to be as exciting as a murder mystery, and I think that's r......more

Morris West's--The Devil's Advocate--is a perennial literary classic thriller that is an intermixture of politics and religion, which explores the behind-the-process investigative scenes of Catholic saint making. But that is really only the backdrop to the totality of the story, for the real narrati......more

Three and a half stars, I think. This book would possibly have more appeal for Catholics but is an interesting story for most people. It was first published in 1959 and its Catholicism plus the time it was written make it a dated read. The story kept me reading. Giacomo Nerone, a man who lived for a......more