The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman by Louis de Bernieres - ISBN: 9780749398576
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Hedonistic fiestas clash with faith, igniting a spectacular, heretical inquisition.

The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 1993

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Summary

‘A novel of prodigious imagination’ Scotland on Sunday

The epic finale of the Latin American trilogy following The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts and Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord

While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerrillas, unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment.

But for Cardinal Guzman, a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780749398576
ISBN-10:0749398574
Author:Louis de Bernieres
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 October 1993
Weight:280g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 25mm
Series:Latin American Trilogy
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Critics Review

A carnival of pain and pleasure, violence, tenderness, high jinks of every sexual sort, quaint customs and quainter jokes

A carnival of pain and pleasure, violence, tenderness, high jinks of every sexual sort, quaint customs and quainter jokes * Financial Times *An extraordinary feat of imagination… a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity * Time Out *Mr de Bernières writes superbly * Catholic Times *

About The Author

Louis de Bernieres

Louis de Berni res is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. His most recent novels are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan’s Daughter.

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