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The politics of terrorism touch the papacy as an ailing Pope is compelled to reconsider his long-standing conservatism when his life is threatened by a dissident group, the Sword of Islam
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The Vatican trilogy that began with The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981) reaches a dramatic conclusion in West's bold limning of a modern pontiff presiding in a time of terrorism and violence. Leo XIV, a pope physically at risk as well as spiritually troubled, is unlike his warmly remembered predecessor, John XXIII. Reactionary and forbidding, out of touch with the faithful, Leo undergoes bypass surgery that puts him at the mercy of "Brother Death" and in the care of a Jewish Italian surgeon with Zionist connections. Amid political intrigue and counterespionage, both pope and physician become prime targets of Islamic terrorists. Convalescing, Leo experiences a "change of heart," considering abdication in favor of a simpler life. West's authoritative knowledge of labyrinthine Roman society provides a credible background for the gripping climax. Timely and absorbing, this novel will appear as the two earlier books are reissued in both hardcover and trade paperback. 150,000 first printing; $150,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild dual main selection; author tour.
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An Australian writer with a well-deserved international reputation, West has published more than 25 books in his 40-year career. His new novel completes his papacy trilogy, begun with The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and continued with The Clowns of God (1981)--and both still great "reads." A tense and exciting thriller, Lazarus also explores world crises and theological politics quite as fascinating to non-Catholics as to Catholics. At its heart is reactionary Pope Leo XIV, who emerges a changed man in an unchanged world when he simultaneously undergoes coronary bypass surgery and deals with the threat of assassination. While the book can be read as a complement to the other two novels, it stands alone as a superb, absorbing novel. Literary Guild dual main selection; previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/89.-- Mary Margaret Benson, Linfield Coll . Lib., McMinnville, Ore. correction: The review of Sam Llewel lyn's Death Roll (Summit Bks.) inadvertent ly appeared under the heading for Carolyn Llewellyn's The Lady of the Labryinth (Scribner) in the February 15 issue of LJ. The two books, with their correct headings, are reviewed in this issue, above.
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