Pope Max

by David Caddy

Fulfilling a promise made to his dying grandfather, Max Piaccioni sets himself on a long, hard road to the Vatican or bust! An unlikely hero, Max lurches from challenge to challenge in his bid for the job ahead, from his secret adoption of a lost lamb, to battling gorgeous goths and deranged delinquents, to his thwarted attempts at saintly behavior. This is a gently comic, yet respectful look at Catholicism, and religious conventions in general, not only memorably amusing, but also thought provoking. (Ages 8-15)

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

About the author

Poet, essayist, critic, literary sociologist and historian. He has edited international literary journal Tears in the Fence since 1984. His most recent book is Cycling After Thomas And The English (Spout Hill Press 2013). He was co-author of London: City of Words (2006), a literary companion, with Westrow Cooper. Most recent books of poems are So Here We Are (Shearsman 2012), The Bunny Poems (Shearsman 2011), Man in Black (Penned in the Margins 2007), and The Willy Poems (Clamp Down Press USA 2004). He has recently published essays on Jeremy Prynne, the Prose Poem, Charles Bukowski, Poetry and walking, David Chaloner and Maurice Merleau-Ponty and William Wordsworth’s ‘The Soltary Reaper’.

Reviews

[Cassidy J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars