A Pride of Periscopes – Thumbnail Christianity – Vintage book

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John Harriott’s fortnightly periscope column has become a cult among readers of the Tablet. Priests read it aloud from their pulpits| gentlemen make a beeline for it in their clubs| and ladies tear it out and carry it in their handbags. They are now avaliable in book form as A Pride of Periscopes. The author| a widely travelled Jesuit journalist and broadcaster takes the world as his oyster. As a member of the Bishop’s Commission for Justice and Peace| and the Catholic Institute of Internation Relations| he patrols the frontiers of religion| politics and social reform. But even when the issues are weighty| the style is lyrical and lighthearted. Pride of Periscopes ranges from tyranny and torture to a Christmas party for Tramps| from the sublimities of the Mass to the Shames of Clerical Privilage. Pride of Periscopes is poetic| provocative and widely funny. It is full of good stories and memorable characters| and ideal for everyone who isn’y a fascist beast or a communist doctrinaire.