Monsignor Quixote (Penguin Classics)
by Graham Greene
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Author: Graham GreeneIntroduction: John Auchard
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN: 0143105523
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Graham Greene's "Monsignor Quixote"
Summary: 5 Stars
Some consider this GG's last Catholic novel. This is irrelevant. It is a story of brotherly love and faith vs.reality. Father Quixote, a descendant of Cervantes's confused hero, lives in El Toboso, far from La Mancha. He repairs the car of a visiting Italian priest, oiling and greasing his hands to save the Italian from the embarrassment of simply having run out of gas. Grateful, back in Rome, the Italian convinces the Pope to make Quixote a Monsignor. But a Monsignor needs purple sox, so off go Quixote and his friend Sancho, the Communist ex-mayor of El Taboso in Quixote's 20-year-old decrepit car, Rosinante,. Along the route, the friends stop often to debate Christ vs. Marx and drink numerous bottles off Madigan wine. But Quixote hides, then blesses a small-time robber, attracting the attention of the Guardia Civil. The liason between the Catholic Church and the computerized Gardia permeates much of the novel. Once in Madrid, Sancho takes Quixote to a pornographic movie. Quixote laughs at the amorous scenes, but later wonders if he understands reality. Eventually arrested, Quixote is returned to El Toboso, where he is disliked by his successor, Father Herrera, the bishop, and the archbishop. Rescued by Sancho, the friends set out to find some place of refuge in post-Franco Spain. They go to Galicia and a Trappist Monastery. In a nearby village a festival is being held, and a bunch of nouveau riche Mexicans vie for the honor of carrying Our Lady. But Quixote is incensed that the statue is covered with paper, onto which high-peseta notes, dollar bills, etc. have been pinned. He rips off the paper, tossing the money into the crowd. Quixote is now guilty of another crime, Disrupting a Procession. The Guardia shows up and shoots Quixote, who, now delusional, blesses Sancho. After the death of his beloved friend, Sancho crosses the Duoro River into Portugal.
Summary of Monsignor Quixote (Penguin Classics)
A morally complex and mature work from a modern master
IN THIS later novel by Graham Greene?featuring a new introduction?the author continues to explore moral and theological dilemmas through psychologically astute character studies and exciting drama on an international stage. The title character of Monsignor Quixote is a village priest, elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, who travels to Madrid accompanied by his best friend, Sancho, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, in Greene?s lighthearted variation on Cervantes.
IN THIS later novel by Graham Greene?featuring a new introduction?the author continues to explore moral and theological dilemmas through psychologically astute character studies and exciting drama on an international stage. The title character of Monsignor Quixote is a village priest, elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error, who travels to Madrid accompanied by his best friend, Sancho, the Communist ex-mayor of the village, in Greene?s lighthearted variation on Cervantes.
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