Facing the Tank

Patrick Gale''s early novel, FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric story of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics ''Made me laugh out loud'' Sunday TimesAmerican Professor Evan Kirby, author of a ...

Patrick Gale''s early novel, FACING THE TANK is a witty, eccentric story of clergy, scandal and English eccentrics ''Made me laugh out loud'' Sunday TimesAmerican Professor Evan Kirby, author of a successful book on Hell, moves to Barrowcester in the south England expecting to find the very epitome of a cathedral society of gentle clergymen and coffee mornings. What he encounters instead is a small city thrown into chaos by scandalous pregnancies, a Satanic summoning of a young feral girl and strange, supernatural events that threaten to rock the hitherto genteel, church going community.''Gal