Title:
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THE TROUBLESOME OFFSPRING OF CARDINAL GUZMAN
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By: |
Louis de Bernieres |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0436201143 |
ISBN 13: |
9780436201141 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
24 August, 1992 |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
In this third novel in the trilogy begun with "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts" and continued in "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord", President Veracruz continues his bizarre search for sexual fulfilment while Cardinal Guzman, tormented by a mysterious illness, sets loose an evangelical crusade. |
Synopsis: |
When 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 fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private demons, 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... |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |