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Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene

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Naomi K
Jul 30, 2012
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What is the fascination that Catholicism has for prominent British thinkers? The list of prominent converts is a long one (Cardinal Newman, Evelyn Waugh, Tony Blair, G.K. Chesterton, Beryl Bainbridge, Thomas Merton, John Dryden), but, honestly, the whole phenomenon just baffles me a little bit. I don't think we have anything like it in America. I mean, …

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