By CLARA SARROCCO, Secretary, The New York C.S. Lewis Society | April 30, 2008

I was pleased to read Paul Hollander's column about "The God That Failed" [Arts & Letters, "Conversion Experience," April 16, 2008].

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He is astute in noting that the book is little known. It brought to mind a long-forgotten experience from my school days.

I was riding the subway on my way home from classes at Hunter College, engrossed in reading "The God That Failed."

Emblazoned on the cover were Soviet and American flags. A young man sat down next to me and invited me to a meeting of a Communist cell taking place that evening at Union Square.

My puzzled look caused him to jump off the train at the next station.

I then realized that ironically he had misinterpreted the title thinking that it was a belief in God that had failed.

I hope he was intrigued enough to read the book.

CLARA SARROCCO
Secretary
The New York C.S. Lewis Society
Glendale, N.Y.

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