In America, the star Catholic novelists of mid-century were formed in the Catholicism of the Latin Mass and Old World practices and attitudes that were later extinguished overnight in most parishes.

But there, at her writing desk, she reviews the work of two young Catholic novelists—one a recent ... but I found that my best bet was to jack up the thermostat to 80 and worry about the gas ...

And who else do I not know about? Several years ago I embarked on a search for living Catholic novelists. I asked a dozen or so writers I know, “Who is the greatest living Catholic novelist?” ...