Shooting the Shaman

Walsingham, the city of Carbery's ancient Theological College and seething hotbed of clerical anti-feminism, is threatened with closure. The antics of the sexually ambivalent staff are becoming increasingly outrageous, and new Bishop, unlike his predecessor, refuses to turn a blind eye. In a vain attempt to deflect his superior's scrutiny Dr Goody, the hopelessly alcoholic head of the College, sacks the most innocuous member of his staff and appoints a woman. But it is too late. Walsingham's doom is already written in the heavens! For the hapless Dougal, banished to a run down housing estate on the outskirts of Carbery, it is the start of a terrifying encounter with reality. For Walsingham, it is the opening of a descent into chaos, where nothing is secret that does not become painfully known. The demon of misrule is unleashed, and hypocrisy at every level exposed.