The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

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The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

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Author: Louis De Bernières

Type: Paperback

ISBN: 9780749398576

Date: 29th April, 1993

Publisher: Vintage

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  2. Magical Realism
  3. Generational Sagas
  4. Satirical Fiction And Parodies

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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 man tormented by his own private daemons, 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... 'An extraordinary feat of imagination... a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity' Time Out

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