A Book of Parables Author:Daniel Berrigan The genesis of this was a season both scalding and chilling in Detroit. I was living in the ghetto there, teaching at the university and taking care of my landlord. He was an ancient Greek seer, dying of cancer; his description is given in the part called "Patience of Job in Detroit." — I love the book like an errant child. I am after a... more »ll responsible for it, but so is God, who has a certain responsibility not only for the book, but for its author as well. Let Him look to it. I have.« less