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Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith.


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“There's a virtue in slowness, which we have lost”

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Monsignor Quixote (1982)

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“You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?”

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On a priest who pantomimes Mass, Monsignor Quixote, PBS TV (February 13, 1987)

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“Under my cloak, a fig for the King!”

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Monsignor Quixote (1982)

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