Monsignor Quixote - Hardcover

Greene, Graham

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0370309235 ISBN 13: 9780370309231

Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1982

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Greene, Graham. Monsignor Quixote. A Novel. First US - Edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1982. Octavo. 221 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Monsignor Quixote is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith. (Wikipedia)

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"A deliciously funny novel and affectionate offering to all that is noblest and least-changing in the people and life of Spain" (The Times)

"A powerful late work...a mixture of entertainment and deep human awareness" (Malcolm Bradbury)

"Monsignor Quixote is important in showing what may be the last stage of the novelist's long argument with himself about the needs, nature and effect of faith" (Times Literary Supplement)

"Graham Greene's best, most absorbing, adept and effortless novel" (Spectator)

"One of the finest writers of any language... Monsignor Quixote is a tour de force and a revealing document of Greene's theological and political intelligence" (Washington Post)

Review:

'A deliciously funny novel and an affectionate offering to all that is noblest and least changing in the people and life of Spain.' (The Times)

'Graham Greene's best, most absorbing, adept and effortless novel.' (The Spectator)

'Monsignor Quixote is important in showing what may be the last stage of the novelist's long argument with himself about the needs, nature and effect of faith.' (The Times Literary Supplement)

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