Serpent on the Rock: A Personal View of Christianity.

Commonweal | August 16, 1996| | Copyright

Alice Thomas Ellis, the blunt-speaking British novelist, first came to my attention when a friend handed me a copy of The Summer House a few years ago, a movie version of which had then just had a brief theatrical release. I didn't see the movie (featuring Jean Moreau and Joan Plowright) until it came out on cassette last year, when I found it disappointing. But I read the novel avidly, very much enjoying its astringent wit, clever narrative framework, and jaundiced view of human nature.

I went looking for more of Ellis's fiction, but to no avail. It is not easy to get ...

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