The Color of Blood

Moore, Brian

ISBN 10: 0525245391 / ISBN 13: 9780525245391

Published by E. P. Dutton, NY, 1987

About this Item

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1987. A William Abrahams Book. Hard Cover w/ DJ, 8vo, 182 pp. Stated First Edition with complete number line (see images). Bound in black boards with black quarter cloth. Covers remain clean and bright with sharp corners and a sturdy, square binding. Pages are clean and unmarked with no ownership inscriptions, bookplates, or library markings. Not Ex-Library. The unclipped dust jacket retains its original $16.95 price and shows only light rubbing, with no chips, tears, or soiling. Protected in a Brodart archival mylar jacket. An excellent, well-preserved copy. A tense political and psychological thriller in which a Catholic cardinal in an unnamed Eastern European dictatorship becomes entangled in conspiracy, moral compromise, and state oppression. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a new box.

Seller Inventory # 7565

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Color of Blood
• Publisher: E. P. Dutton, NY
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525245391
• ISBN 13: 9780525245391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Fiction
  • Psychological Thriller

About this title

Synopsis

After an unsuccessful attempt is made upon his life, Eastern European Cardinal Stefan Bem goes underground in search for the reason behind the murderous plot

Reviews

Moore's lofty reputation stands on The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Catholics, The Doctor's Wife and other widely different novels. All, however, center on characters one cares about and remembers. In this story, the protagonist is Catholic Cardinal Stefan Bem of an unnamed communist satellite. After he is the target of an assassination, Bem is taken by security officers to a remote house for his "protection." But the cardinal knows he is a prisoner, magnifying his suspicion that factions in the clergy and laity plan a demonstration against Soviet oppression at a religious ceremony only days away. Escaping the "raincoats," who use desperate means to try to stop him, Bem hastens to the church, where he dons the princely robes. Thousands are gathered when the cardinal appears to prevent a riot and the murders of both the tyrants and the tyrannized. The novel surges with tensions that never relax, from the hair-trigger opening to the jarring close.
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