about the author *** table of contents chapter 1 : ciatta connah chapter 2 : finn marshall chapter 3 : stan petrowski chapter 4 : dexter mccabe chapter 5 : spat 's cats chapter 6 : spat moore chapter 7 : kate livingstone chapter 8 : maurice mcdonald chapter 9 : father larry chapter 10 : george cavendish chapter 11 : brad roberts chapter 12 : freda bernard chapter 13 : momalu edwards chapter 14 : father cormac chapter 15 : lieutenant mulbah chapter 16 : mister albert epilogue prologue the man waves to the friendly truck driver at the entrance to beajah .