Village Shepherd

Although I love reading, I've never been a great lover of biographies. Novels are more my style, probably because they provide pure escapist pleasure. But I remember when I was first interviewed before being accepted on the course which eventually led to priesthood, one earnest cleric told me very forcefully that I ought to read biographies because there was so much to be learned from them. No doubt he was right, but I've never taken his advice.