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"A delight, a novel that travels 70 years of history on its own swift feet, a book of love and wisdom, loss and irony"-- The Boston Sunday Globe When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullah - whose holistic work has earned him the... Read Full Overview

"An amazing coup . . . a brilliant, never less than engaging work of fiction which is also a philosophical meditation on the business of living."--Financial Times

"A delight, a novel that travels 70 years of history on its own swift feet, a book of love and wisdom, loss and irony"-- The Boston Sunday Globe When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullah - whose holistic work has earned him the... Read Full Overview

When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high altar on Good Friday Dr Jonathan Hullah - whose holistic ideas have earned him the soubriquet 'cunning man' - wants to know why. But it is only through looking back at his own long life that answers are forthcoming. He recalls... Read Full Overview