The Inquisitor's Diary

Set in Mexico City in 1649, when the Spanish Inquisition holds sway,ÊTheInquisitorÕs DiaryÊtakes the form of the diary of Fray Alonso, the most zealous advocate of their mission, as he struggles to win promotion in the church. Outmaneuvered by his rivals, he is dispatched on a seemingly futile journey to the north, where he unexpectedly befriends a captured hereticÑa Marrano, or crypto-JewÑand finds himself questioning all he believes in. Thought-provoking and philosophical, this novel brings the Inquisition to troubling life, with all its moral darkness and complexity.

ÒWe follow AlonsoÕs journey as he is dispatched by the Inquisitor General to the countryÕs northern frontier to root out Ôheresy, apostasy, backsliding.Õ . . . This somber work seeks to uncover those subterranean impulses that surge beneath AlonsoÕs fate.ÓÑLiterary Review