Temptations

"A refreshing, almost curious study of one very modern man's investigation of the spiritual life." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW Joseph is a well-known journalist who lives a very public life. Yet in is way he is a devout Catholic, drawn to the cloistered life of a Trappist monastery he had visited years before on a story. He's hoping to write a book about the hidden souls there, but his visits with the charismatic Father Columban begin to waken his long-dormant spirituality. Then he begins to hear stories about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the recent death of a young, aspiring monk. And as he struggles between the sacred and the profane, Joseph begins to wonder which is worse....Wilkes, Paul is the author of 'Temptations', published 1995 under ISBN 9780517144077 and ISBN 0517144077.