War in Heaven
by Charles Williams
1930
ISBN/ASIN: 1849026017
Number of pages: 236
Description:
Williams gives a contemporary setting to the traditional story of the Search for the Holy Grail. Examining the distinction between magic and religion, War in Heaven is an eerily disturbing book, one that graphically portrays a metaphysical journey through the shadowy crevices of the human mind.
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