This is a good work about a Priest Sebastian Larkin. But is he a Priest? He writes poetry, is a literary critic of both prose and poetry, attends literati soirees, holds mass, blesses the poor and rich, teaches at university, and private lessons to the elite, and travels to Europe to study and write a paper on how to keep old Cathedrals from crumbling. SO what is he is the focus of the book. Stylistically it has one problem, no chapters, paragraphs, or page breaks, but after 15 to 20 pages I adjusted and you will also. Good quick read.