” I absolutely loved “Pope of Good Promise” which I read in hardly more than a long single sitting. It’s beautifully written, hugely engaging and built on what must be a unique well of experience and knowledge. I loved the way it’s written as an intensely personal journey, and in particular the way you bend over backwards to be fair and balanced to all concerned, sharing your own doubts and intuitions. You took a risk in writing about your transcendental experience in the Basque Country but you carry it off with conviction.
The book’s range is impressive. I went in thinking I knew something about the Jesuits, Argentina, Peronism, Pope Francis and matters of the Church but came out knowing so much more and – above all – with real understanding. One of my best reads of the year, without a doubt.” Rod Pryde, former head of British Council in Madrid at Wigtown Festival
