Clowns of God - Morris West

This book is about a Pope who is forced into retirement because he claims to have had a private revelation from God about the end of the world. The author depicts some interesting and revealing characters throughout the book. I did find that the ending was a bit of a disaster and I ending up wondering was it really worth reading the book at all. I don’t think that the book set out to slam religion. What it did was use religion as a host to tell a story. ...  Read the complete review

The Clowns of God by Morris West is a story about a pope who is forced to abdicate after receiving a personal revelation of the apocalypse and second coming of Christ. Is he mad or bad becomes a major question. The pope and the other characters interact in special ways and embrace all the emotions, love, faith, hope, and fear amongst others as the story races to its stunning climax. One senses that this book was written from the heart, and it makes one wonder just what Morris West, a monk himself for eight years, experienced to enable him to write with such spiritual insight. Some people might be put off by the religious context of the book but this ...  Read the complete review