An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order

Well written and fascinating

Thrilling read about joining the Carthusian order. This account starts off with 5 men who enter 1960 seeking a deeper relationship with God. It closely covers the 5 formative years as novices and juniors. As well as the fall out from this years. It offers universal lessons about seeking , determining calling, commitment, and the dark night of the soul.

Well-written, engaging portrait of life in a British Carthusian monastery immediately before Vatican II, showing both the appealing aspects and the great difficulty of the life they led. It falls into an interesting genre, creative non-fiction; the manuscript was read by many of the subjects, current and ex-Carthusians, and met with their approval, but it has a lot of detail which makes it sound like the author must have been present.