• The high-flying Catholic Church ... and what happened to its seamless culture, dominant presence and public image in the past forty years or so.
• Eddie Danaher ... member of the elite Christian Fathers, founded centuries ago by a dreamer/visionary named Diogo, a former pilot in the great Portuguese fleets.
• Marie ... who almost was the one.
• Many, many more — as befitting a tale. Matt Danaher and the crew at the Shamrock, Singha, Cardinal de França, Gitta, Diederich and the dead whale’s eye, Diogo, Weaver, Alenquer, Mutt & Jeff, she!, Junior Marburg, Irv Greenwald, Iñigo, Brother Serge, Vinny, Breastplate, Rolly Two Rivers, Augie Buscaglia, Algernon Throwbridge, the Sheriff, Lev and Rivka, Sr. Ludwig, Ross, Seamus, Jonathan Blades, Oksana, Felix Leidl, Richie, Stefan Becker, Vito, Hack Collins, Sol Standish, Sean and Joanne, Dawg, Celtic great Bill Russell, more ...
• And you-know-Who.
“A tale: a simple, leisurely story more
or less loosely organized, especially
a fictitious or legendary one.”
Cast of Characters
