The Spectator, January 15th, 2005
Decline and ascent FATHER JOE: THE MAN WHO SAVED MY SOUL by Tony Hendra Hamish Hamilton, £16.99, pp. 288, ISBN 0241143144 £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848
As a rule I decline to review books by old friends: it puts either one's integrity or the friendship at risk. I make an exception of Father Joe because I first read it six months ago, prior to its publication in New York and, while not as overwhelmed as many American reviewers - Andrew Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review placed it in 'the first tier of spiritual memoirs ever written' - I did find it an exceptional book th...
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