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The Holy Symbol is the storyplot of one unwilling priest caught between the cynicism of his own Southern upbringing and the politics machinations of the Roman Catholic Church. In this disturbingly memorable novel about a wayward priest occur late 20th-century New Orleans, Alexander explores familial revenge, rails up against the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church, and creates a likable narrator guilty of heinous works. Father Tony exists with a red birthmark on his mind, which his grandmother boasts is a sign that he is to become a priest; a prophecy he fulfills, eventually finding his contacting dealing with disadvantaged young guys. Though he fancies himself a modern-day Saint John Bosco, Father Tony's marriage with some guys becomes intimate, and he endeavors to outwit his family and the Church to save himself. Alexander ably catches the essence of parochial education in the 1970s and '80s, having himself trained in Catholic classes.