Westport Public Library BOOK blog

In today's discussions of Father Joe by Tony Hendra, the consensus was that no one liked Tony Hendra and the book was a veiled autobiography and not at all about Father Joe. Some called Hendra a Hedonist, another said that he was someone who destroyed a lot of lives on his way up, and another said that he was "just not a likeable fellow." Sounds like Father Joe didn't make as much of an impact on Tony Hendra's life as he leads readers to believe. Was Father Joe a failure or did Tony Hendra fail Father Joe?