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The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman
Louis de Bernieres
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Description for The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman
Paperback. While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, with whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private daemons, their hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies that must be challenged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Minerva
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749398576
SKU
KAC0002009
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Louis de Bernieres
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.
Reviews for The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman
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
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