Peter and Paul

by Nigel Timms

And Pilate saith unto “What is truth?” Peter is a the Paul of the title is Saint Paul, whose writings on sexual morality in Corinthians, interpreted literally by the young Peter, had a devastating effect on his marriage to Jane. In an attempt to find some meaning in her life, Jane flirts with the artistic Jack, but when she meets the Welsh magus Bryn, a secret past is revealed... Peter and Jane’s children have their own problems the brilliant 18 year old lesbian intellectual and smoker Sasha, soon to go to university but worried about where her family’s going. 10 year old Alice, whose love of the world of vampire books leads her to an amazing discovery in the real world... Peter considers giving up his vocation, but meeting Fran- a girl who sold literally everything she had and gave the money to the poor because she is in love with Jesus in a very real way- and reading Bryn’s book about Jesus makes him begin to see the answer to Pontius Pilate’s question, “What is truth?”

326 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2010