Gabriel Chevalliers delightful novel <strong>Clochemerle</strong> satirizes the titanicconfrontation of secular and religious forces in a small winegrowing vill... » 

Gabriel Chevalliers delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanicconfrontation of secular and religious forces in a small winegrowing villagein Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor decides that hewants to leave behind a monument to his administrations achievements. He takesas his model the ancient Romans who were famous for two thingshygiene andnoble edifices. Thus he decides to unite the two concepts...by constructing apublic urinal in the centre of town. There is one problem however. The chosenlocale is next to the village church and this outrages the ecclesiasticalparty. «