tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post2223211696915604275..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Monsignor Quixote (Graham Greene)Risehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-51663736579593256282012-04-25T17:54:43.881+08:002012-04-25T17:54:43.881+08:00Gary, for me it's a good introduction to Green...Gary, for me it's a good introduction to Greene. Though the only reason I picked this up is the Don Q connection.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-30309529449170557252012-04-25T03:14:21.132+08:002012-04-25T03:14:21.132+08:00Again as with the first comment, I'd not heard...Again as with the first comment, I'd not heard of this book, but liking the idea of it.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-13316495286116288732012-04-22T10:37:42.692+08:002012-04-22T10:37:42.692+08:00Scott, I'm not familiar with Greene's book...Scott, I'm not familiar with Greene's books as this is the first of his I've encountered. But I would presume that, this being his last fiction directly concerning religion, he must have incorporated his immediate concerns about faith and doubt. And the practices of the church really did figure into this book.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-38002081877640206992012-04-21T05:30:00.261+08:002012-04-21T05:30:00.261+08:00Rise - I'm very curious to read this, as until...Rise - I'm very curious to read this, as until now I'd thought I'd read all of Graham Greene's work, but realize that I somehow missed this one. It sounds like another exploration (and a timely one) of the gap Greene often writes about (i.e. <i>The Power and the Glory</i>) between the practices of the "official" church and its more self-critical and doubting adherents.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com