The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
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The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman by Louis De Bernieres
The epic finale of the Latin American trilogy following The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts and Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerrillas, unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private daemons, their stupendous, hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies.Heresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation... 'An extraordinary feat of imagination... a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity' Time Out
A carnival of pain and pleasure, violence, tenderness, high jinks of every sexual sort, quaint customs and quainter jokes * Financial Times *
An extraordinary feat of imagination.. a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity * Time Out *
Mr de Bernières writes superbly * Catholic Times *
An extraordinary feat of imagination.. a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity * Time Out *
Mr de Bernières writes superbly * Catholic Times *
Louis de Bernières is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. His most recent novels are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter.
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ISBN 13 | 9780749398576 |
ISBN 10 | 0749398574 |
Title | The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman |
Author | Louis De Bernieres |
Series | Latin American Trilogy |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
Year published | 1993-04-29 |
Number of pages | 400 |
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