Contemporary, Literary 

In this haunting novel that 'troubles our sleep' (Richard Holloway) seven characters circle the enigmatic and callous figure of Carel, a 'priest of no God'.      Carel is rector of a City church in ruins, destroyed during the war. In the rectory lives his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, and their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed. These seven characters go through a dance of attraction and repulsion, misunderstanding and revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself -- a priest who believes that God is dead, and this is the time of the angels.         • With an afterword by Richard Holloway (author of Beyond Belief and Leaving Alexandria) - from Amzon