cover image Cardinal Virtues

Cardinal Virtues

Andrew M. Greeley. Grand Central Publishing, $5.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-36094-4

Father Larry McAuliffe (aka Lar) fights to save a young priest whose controversial homilies have offended the leader of an ultra-right-wing Catholic group. ``While the plot is plausible, Greeley simply fails to engage us; with the possible exception of Lar, the characters remain two-dimensional,'' said PW . (May)