Mr Fortunes Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Witty poetic clairvoyant John Updike The Reverend Timothy Fortune exclerk of the Hornsey branch of Lloyds Bank has found his vocation to convert the inhabitants of the remote tropical island of Fanua to Christianity. Even when everyone except for a young boy called Lueli remains indifferent to his preaching Mr Fortunes good spirits cannot be dampened until one day his faith is put to a terrible test. This quizzical tale is so intensely moving Gillian Beer New Statesman Original elegant and hy Paperback softback