The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

de Bernieres, Louis

ISBN 10: 0436201143 / ISBN 13: 9780436201141

Published by London: Secker & Warburg, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
• Publisher: London: Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436201143
• ISBN 13: 9780436201141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Louis de Bernieres, who lives in Norfolk, was selected as one of the twenty best Young Novelists in 1993. His first novel, The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts, won a Commonwealth Writers Prize and was followed shortly by two sequels, Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. His fourth novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book in 1995 and is now an international bestseller, having sold over 1.5 million copies.