This short and sometimes emotional novel is told from the perspective of Paddy, the gargoyle who guards St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. It is a tale of good vs evil, as Paddy enlists the help of 82 year old Francis Templeton, a Knight of Malta with a fondness of his old Rolls Royce.The ...
At times funny, the best parts of the book are when the gargoyle's talk to each other. The plot is very weak, but the conversation and characters are wonderfully drawn.I love the idea of church steeples as surface to air missles.