Mystery and Manners; Occasional Prose
Why might a Catholic novelist feel angst about being both a Catholic and a fiction writer?
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The Catholic novelist sometimes feels angst when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and what he is supposed to do as a novelist. He is torn over whether he is obligated to report what is or obligated to take a higher view and report what could be.