"A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Walter Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz" is one of those books that I've seen on lots and lots of "novels that Catholic readers should read" lists (along with, you know, "The Moviegoer," "The Power and the Glory," "A Confederacy of Dunces," etc.) but never got around to reading.  Well, I just finished it.  Fascinating (especially in light of what seems to be the trend -- especially in so-called "Young Adult" fiction -- of post-apocalyptic-dystopian stuff).  If you are looking for a summer read, check it out.  (For a bit more -- and I don't think the piece really "gets" the book, but that's alright -- here's a New Yorker article on the book's legacy that ran a few years ago.)