The dust jacket for The Professor and the Parson is adorned with compelling praise: “utterly mad and wholly delightful,” “lively,” “a roller coaster ride,” “delicious,” “weirdly compelling.” This book is, in fact, none of these things. The only quote I can kind of get on board with is from British magazine Emerald Street, which calls it “astonishing,” as I find it astonishing that people could have enjoyed this book. Reading this was such a slog, the title of this review reflects what I heard in […]