The Gospel of Gods & Crocodiles by Elizabeth Stead
Title: The Gospel of Gods and Crocodiles
Genre: Popular Fiction Author: Elizabeth Stead
Edition: Published by University of Queensland 2007 – large paperback – very good condition.
Missionary Amen Morley arrives on a tropical island to find a community largely untouched by the Modern World. A magnet for eccentric characters, the Island paradise soon becomes a hotspot of conflicting cultures. The preachers are competing to save souls, while others have come to make a new beginning. There’s Herbert Glass, The English Doctor who cures clocks, Missy Wing, the Chinese trader and Sam Maitland, who the locals dub the “crocodile man” The Islanders are bemused by the beahviour of these strange intruders. But instead of being the ones doing the converting, the foreigners end up most transformed by this extraordinary place.
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