Except the Lord Author:Joyce Cary This novel was a sequel to PRISONER OF GRACE and is the second volume in a trilogy. The earlier book concerned Nina Woodville and her relationship with two men, Chester Nimmo and Jim Latter. Cary was dismayed somewhat that many critics saw Nimmo as "an exceptional blackguard," and wrote EXCEPT THE LORD as a means of detailing his early life to e... more »xplain how he became who he was. Nimmo relates his own life story, concentrating on his childhood and young adulthood, a period of time before he knew Nina. It's a telling story of poverty and want in a farming district in Victorian England.« less