false 1734092 2 Aside from his blatant lack of piety -- and the fact that he's Jewish -- Father Edmond Music could have been a model priest. Now, entrenched at an English estate with a vast library, he would rather pursue a decades-old liaison with his housekeeper than crack down on his assistant's dial-a-confession phone ministry, or, more important, investigate the whereabouts of a rare Shakespeare text gone missing on his watch.<P>Then, out of nowhere, penance comes due. His car is found totaled (possibly by Vatican hit men), his annoying archrival of the cloth is looking to nail him as a thief, and the once-passionate housekeeper is lapsing into religious fervor. With his forty-year idyll falling apart, Edmond can no longer ignore the danger of the present, or the echoes of his buried past.<P>National Jewish Book Award-winning author Alan Isler delivers a hilarious and touching literary homily, confirming his unique gift for mingling comedy and tragedy in this deeply moving exploration of faith, love, and identity.<P> 2124701 2001 Clerical Errors: A Novel total:7|5:2|4:1|2:3|1:1| 7 21 8 1 1 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Aug 07 13:49:07 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 13:49:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 18:01:21 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:01:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 18:52:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 18:52:13 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 27 09:24:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 09:24:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 07:11:39 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 07:11:39 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 27 22:21:29 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 22:21:29 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Sun Sep 23 05:39:06 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 05:39:06 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Aug 19 06:48:10 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 06:48:10 -0700 2007