Earthly powers

by Burgess, Anthony

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Title Statements

Full title :Earthly powers / Anthony Burgess.

Summary

Anthony Burgess has long been regarded as one the most original and daring writers of our time. In Earthly Powers, Burgess has written a book made rich with astonishing characters and surprising events. At its center are two men who represent different kinds of earthly power--Kenneth Marchal Toomey, eminent novelist, world famous homosexual, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to dubious notoriety; and Don Carlo Campanati, man of God, eventually beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a subtle negotiator and shrewed manipulator to become the controversial architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. Through the lives of these two men, related to each other not only by family ties but by sympathy, genius, and a deep common understanding of mankind's families, Burgess explores the very essence of power.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.
Edition:1st Carroll & Graf ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Carroll & Graf Publishers, Distributed by Publishers Group West
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

Description:607 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0786700262, 9780786700264
oclc:ocm29224619
LC Classification:PR6052.U638
Dewey Decimal:823/.914

Subjects

Angleterre -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Authors Authors -- Fiction Cardinals Cardinals -- Fiction Cardinaux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Écrivains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc England England -- Fiction Fiction Fictional Work Gay men Gay men -- Fiction Hommes âgés -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Homosexuels masculins -- Romans, nouvel… Miracles Miracles -- Fiction Miracles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Older men Older men -- Fiction