Guardian Devils
"Everything was going swell until Bishop Laparro got that stupid stigmata..."
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Ferdy is a bumbling little devil with a cushy
assignment: Stop Monica Laparro, a menopausal
Episcopal bishop, from becoming a saint. Then
Monica receives the Stigmata--and national
attention.
Adelaide Siren is Monica's long-time friend, a
playwright so driven to excel that even her blood
type is A. Her envy for Monica is driving her to
murder--or at least toward her next Tony. Can
Ferdy stop Adelaide from doing something
stupid? Of course not.
It's no wonder Ferdy's boss wants to eat him.
"I've just finished reading Guardian Devils, which
Fred sent me, and thought I'd drop you a line.
To be honest, I hadn't expected much more than
a very light read, but I must say I found it very
good indeed. I loved the pragmatic,
no-nonsense theology, the well-drawn
characters, the humor, and the very good ear for
dialogue. It's also a nice change to read
something upbeat for a while. The genre of
church-related novels is thick with cloyingly
unrealistic depictions of clergy, but G.D. was a
refreshing change.
-- Lesley Northup, Priest, St. Stephen's in
Coconut Grove, and Associate Professor of
Relgion and Cultural Studies at Florida
International University
"McEldowney is
going to hell."
--Benedict Benowitz
Defender of the
Faith (retired)
"Warm, funny, and
hardly heretical.
C. S. Lewis, only
more hip."
--Reverend Frederick J.
Masterman
Former Canon for
Education Episcopal
Diocese of Southeast
Florida (retired)
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"Driven by both plot
and character, a rare
combination in
contemporary
literature. Guardian
Devils is pure
pleasure and packs a
wallop of truth."
--Mickey Getty,
author of The Junk
Lottery (retired)
