The 'classical' view and the 'relational' view are presented by two theologians each. Molnar's participation was the reason I read the book and his was by far the most interesting essay. Nothing in the two relational presentations struck me as crucial or world-changing (not surprising as the classical view just makes so much more sense).
This story of the reminiscences (of both adulthood and childhood) of an Irish judge is much better than his first novel. Evocative and interesting, enough to make me carry on with Toibin.
Definitely a first novel. The prose was fluid and easy to read but the story was fragmented, and therefore the characters remained at a distance.
A political biography which gives his childhood/younger years brief treatment but the rest of it is very good. The war time coalition chapters were very good.