A Certain feeling of absurdity comes over one on being asked to write a book on holiness,’ writes Donald Nicholl. Goodness cannot be produced by any kind of trick or technique. Moreover, who wants to be caught reading a book entitled Holiness? But people do red books on write them hoping to grow in holiness. And those who write them do so for the same reason. Donal Nicholl’s touch is light, but his message is profound: holiness is not beyond us, but is possible here, now, and for everybody.