The Devil's Advocate by Morris West - USED

A dying English priest is dispatched from Rome as a canonical inquisitor in order to investigate the cult of sainthood that has grown around Giacomo Nerone, a young local man who was killed by Communists toward the end of the Second World War. Nerone was beloved by the local people while he was alive; after his death, they proclaimed him a saint. At the beginning of the novel, Rome opens an investigation into the matter in the desolate town of Calabria in Southern Italy.

ISBN: 9780006144601