Biography of Merton - as a boy, as a brilliant author, and as Father Louis, a priest whose devotion did not prevent him from questioning many aspects of his faith. Using materials from Merton's private journals and interviews with his friends, Mr. Mott draws an intimate and complex portrait, comprising Merton's schooling in England and France, his career at Columbia University, his early writing, his conversion to Catholicism, and finally, his troubled and triumphant years as literary voice for a young generation.
