Stuart Barton Babbage AM is the most unusual of Anglican clergy. He has received more opportunities than most for service and used these so well. Dean of both Sydney and Melbourne and head of Colleges in both cities, he has also worked in New Zealand, England, the Middle East and the United States. Always forthright and at the interface of church and the world, he is frank about his shortcomings, and perceptive and observant in his recollections of personal, local and world events. His exuberant personality, his sense of the ridiculous and his deep faith are writ large in this entertaining and penetrating biography.