TROUBLESOME OFFSPRING OF CARDINAL GUZMAN

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While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerillas, unfrocked priests and reformed – though by no means inactive – whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfillment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private demons, their stupendous, hedonistic fiestas represent the epicenter of all heresies. Heresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation… The second part of a trilogy, following The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Fiction. Publikace: TROUBLESOME OFFSPRING OF CARDINAL GUZMAN - BERNIERES, L. de. "The third part of a trilogy, following ""The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts"", which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Fiction. The author expands his panorama of South American life with a story full of quizzical events, where farce and tragedy interbreed. " Publikace: TROUBLESOME OFFSPRING OF CARDINAL GUZMAN - BERNIERES, L. de. CCV: Book Description ‘A novel of prodigious imagination’ Scotland on Sunday While the economy of... originální anglická četba