Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon

How did Thomas Merton become Thomas Merton? Starting out from any one of his earlier major life moments--wealthy orphan boy, big man on campus, fervent Roman Catholic convert, new and obedient monk--we find ourselves asking how by his life''s end he had grown from who he was then into a transcultural and transreligious spiritual teacher read by millions. This book takes another such starting point...