Monsignor Quixote

When Father Quixote a local priest of the Spanish village of El Toboso who claims ancestry to Cervantes' fictional Don Quixote is elevated to the rank of monsignor through a clerical error he sets out on a journey to Madrid to purchase purple socks appropriate to his new station. Accompanying him on his mission is his best friend Sancho the Communist ex-mayor of the village who argues politics and religion with Quixote and rescues him from the various troubles his innocence lands him in along the way. Published in 1932 <i>Monsignor Quixote </i>is Graham Greene's last religious novel a fond homage to Cervantes and a sincere exploration into the meaning of faith in the modern world. This edition features a new introduction by John Auchard. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.