Spoil.
Springer, an accountant, writes and sells a novel. He quits
his job to become a full-time writer and finds he cannot sell
another word. Through the classifieds, he finds a monastery
for sale which he thinks might make for a good story. After
travelling there, he finds a lone retired sergeant who has
wandered in himself and took control. The monastery it seems
was an experiment in race relations with the purpose of
training the clergy for a African American fundamentalist
denomination. Springer becomes a man of the cloth with his
own African American congregation. His writer ability allows
him to craft moving sermons. His organizational skills help
him arrange a segregation boycott. Springer's lust causes him
to seduce and run off with his deacon's young wife.
Throughout the story, Springer seems less a man of God than a
man of necessity. His faith seemed non existent.
In the end, Springer buys a Brooks Brother suit and throws
away his preacher outfit into a trashcan on Madison
Avenue.
How do you think Willeford felt about organized
religion?
Chong
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