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Simon Called Peter
''Simon Called Peter'' is a novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) 〔() Time Magazine, Jan 2, 1928〕 which was a best-seller in 1921.〔(Great War Fiction ) by George Simmer〕 The title is a reference to Simon Peter the apostle and first Pope of the Catholic Church.
In 1921 it was met with astonishing success, and its runaway popularity won Keable a level of celebrity. The book reportedly sold over 600,000 copies during the 1920s,〔Peterson, Austin (2003). Tahiti Report 2003. iUniverse. p. 66. ISBN 0-595-26835-8.〕 reaching a 66th edition by 1922.〔Robert Keable, quoted in Cecil (1995) p.155〕 A largely autobiographical work, Simon Called Peter is the tale of a priest, Peter Graham, who has an affair in wartime France with a nurse named Julie. The title character almost abandons his faith for love, but experiences a direct revelation of Christ while watching a Catholic mass and is given up by his lover, who sees his sincerity.
The book was controversial at its introduction due to its sexual and religious content; it was made into a play by Jules Eckert Goodman and Edward Knoblock;〔() Time Magazine, Aug. 18, 2004〕 it had a short run in Chicago.〔(Internet Broadway Database )〕 The novel was followed by a sequel, ''Recompense'', published in 1924 〔() ''Time'' April 21, 1924.〕 and made into a 1925 motion picture with the same title, directed by Harry Beaumont.〔(Harry Beaumont Filmography )〕
This book is referred to in ''The Great Gatsby''. Nick Carraway, the narrator, reads a chapter and claims that "either it was terrible stuff or the whisky distorted things, because it didn't make any sense to me."〔The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Penguin. 2011〕
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