The world, the flesh, and Father Smith

FROMT HE DUST JACKET: "THIS IS THE STORY OF FATHER SMITH, PRIEST IN A SCOTTISH CITY-OF HIS FRIENDS, THE EXILED FRENCH NUNS, OF THE BISHOP, OF MONSIGNOR O'DUFFY WHO WAGES SIMPLE, VIOLENT WAR AGAINST SIMPLE SINS, OF FATHER BONNYBOAT, THE LITURGICAL SCHOLAR, OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE GENTLE ORBIT OF FATHER SMITH-FROM LADY IPPECACUANHA, THE TWEEDY CONVERT, TO THE SLUT ANNIE WHO DRIVES HER HUSBAND TO MURDER. THREE DECADES ARE COVERED, AND THE CHILDREN THE YOUNG PRIEST BAPTIZED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK ARE OFF TO SUCCESS AND FAILURE TO MARRIAGES AND TO WAR, BEFORE THE END.