I Will Shout Your Name

While the stories in this collection are linked by questions of Christian faith, their approach to that faith is, to say the least, oblique. For example, a few of the stories are about missionaries. In the final story, “God's Guerilla,” a former missionary is losing his memory and his ability to spread the Word through the stories he tells, but he learns that this might be a good thing as it has helped him rediscover family. In “In the Dark Heart of the Fojas,” two brothers trek inland in search of two missionaries who have gone missing, and again the obligations of family are what, in the end, drive them. In “Down on the Pitch,” a group of young rugby players are visiting Australia for “seedplanting”–preparing potential converts to receive their religious message–but again it is a family relationship that takes precedence. My suggestion? Read for the adventure, not the religion.