As an author, JF Powers is as entertaining as he is insightful. He was a man who loved the Catholic Faith, and priests particularly, even as he saw the Church’s faults with clear eyes. This book follows the vocational path of Joe Hackett, a pastor of a rural midwestern community in the 1960s. JF Powers writing beautifully describes an exceedingly lovable man; Joe is mostly mediocre, with a bit of heroism, always funny and occasionally pathetic, but ultimately a man sincerely trying to serve God.