Anthony Esolen discusses a forthcoming book—Unreal City—and the stirrings of what might become a commentary on the Gospel of John.  He also takes up four great novels that have been overlooked too often by too many:  The Betrothed, Vipers’ Tangle, The Clown, and Barrabas.  Finally, he introduces and reads the dramatic monologue “Pontius Pilate to Claudius” from his poem “The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord.” 

 

 

Links of potential interest:

The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord

Manzonoi's novel The Betrothed

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