| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
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| Selling Price |
$9.99
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Publication Date |
1980 |
| Format |
Hardcover |
| Publisher |
Simon & Schuster |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket |
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| Plot |
Anthony Burgess, author of such extraordinary novels as A Clockwork Orange, has long and rightly been regarded as one of the most original and daring writers in the English language. His work is illuminated by a dazzling imagination, by a gift for character and plot that leaves his readers breathless, by a talent for surprise that is unique.
Now, in this startling major work of literature nearly ten years in the creation, Burgess has achieved the masterpiece of a lifetime, a book so rich, so full of astonishing characters and turns, that it is impossible for a reader to put it down.
At its center are two men who represent different kinds of earthly power - Kenneth Marchal Toomey, eminent novelist, world-famous homosexual, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into honored, bitter, luxurious old age as a celebrity of dubious notoriety; and Don Carlo Campaniati, man of God, eventually beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a subtle negotiator and shrewd manipulator to become the controversial architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood.
Through the lives of these two men, related to each other not only by family ties but by sympathy, genius and a deep common understanding of mankind's frailties, Burgess explores the very essence of power.
As each of them pursues his career, one to sainthood, one to wealthy exile, their relationship becomes the heart of a novel that includes everyone of fame and distinction in the social, literary and political life of two continents, joined together by the art of a great craftsman into an explosive tour de force. |
| Personal Details |
| Dedication |
To Liana |
| Condition |
Very Good |
| Owner |
FamilyHistorySites |
| FHS ItemID |
20040121 |
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| Product Details |
| Dewey |
823.914 |
| ISBN |
0671414909 |
| Nr of Pages |
607 |
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| Notes |
| Dust cover has a few tears. |
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