The Lesser Look: “Fifth Wife”

Part of a month-long celebration of Ron Lesser’s artistic legacy. Fifth Wife, by Vincent Gowen (Pyramid, 1963; originally published in 1927 as Sun and Moon). It wasn’t until yesterday that I realized Father Gowen (1893-1984) was for many years the vicar at an Episcopal church on Bainbridge Island, located just west of Seattle, Washington. However, he had spent part of his youth engaged in