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      Temptations

      by Paul Wilkes
      Published
      Feb 1993
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      A refreshing, almost curious study of one very modern man's investigation of the spiritual life.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWJoseph is a well-known journalist who lives a very public life. Yet in is way he is a devout Catholic, drawn to the cloistered life of a Trappist monastery he had visited years before on a story. He's hoping to write a book about the hidden souls there, but his visits with the charismatic Father Columban begin to waken his long-dormant spirituality. Then he begins to hear stories about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the recent death of a young, aspiring monk. And as he struggles between the sacred and the profane, Joseph begins to wonder which is worse....

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      Apr 1994 Ballantine ISBN13 9780345386427 ISBN10 0345386426
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      First Edition Feb 1993 Random House ISBN13 9780394575858 ISBN10 0394575857
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      May 1995 Random House ISBN13 9780517144077 ISBN10 0517144077
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