How far could they go?
On one hand there was the traditional Catholic Church, on the other the siren call of the permissive society. And with the advent of COC (Catholics for an Open Church), the social lubrication of the pill and the disappearance of hell, it was difficult for Polly, Dennis, Angela, Adrian, and the others not to rupture their spiritual virginity on the way to the seventies.
How Far Can You Go? is a novel by British writer David Lodge. It was renamed Souls and Bodies when published in the United States.