Don Camillo and Don Chichi. No. 8 in the Don Camillo Series, Paperback/Giovanni Guareschi

Beset by the third young progressive leftwing priest with a mandate to steer him into the modern world, Don Camillo digs in and finds a surprise ally in Peppone as he fights to save the three-metre high figure of il Cristo through which he conducts his famous conversations with God. Illustrations: 24 line; 24 line Editor(s): Piers Dudgeon