The Upper Hand — John W. Corrington

John William Corrington is a noted Southern writer of poetry, fiction, film and television. The Upper Hand, his second novel, chronicles the tale of Christopher Nieman, a young Catholic priest who loses his faith. Christopher descends La-Bas, into the New Orleans French Quarter. There he encounters some of its disturbing denizens: a drug dealer, an addict, a prostitute, a pornographic movie maker, and a Mississippi deputy sheriff who is running from his past. Will Christopher be able to find his way out of this modern hell and recover his faith? A warning: The Upper Hand, while dealing seriously with the difficulty of maintaining faith in God in the modern world, is extremely irreverent and may offend religious readers.