 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Bruce Marshall |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Publisher | Constable (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 179 |
Father Hilary's Holiday is a 1965 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall.
| First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Bruce Marshall |
|---|---|
| Country | Scotland |
| Publisher | Constable (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 179 |
Father Hilary's Holiday is a 1965 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall.
After thirty years in the priesthood, Father Hilary seizes the opportunity to attend a religious congress in South America. Father Hilary's well earned holiday is to be spent at a sort of ecumenical conference convened by "el Libertator" the Generalissimo of Tomasia. The result is a witty, pointed tale of humble but outspoken Franciscan friar and his wondrous escapades in the boiling maelstrom of a mythical Latin American dictatorship. [1]
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