Earthly Powers
of Anthony Burgess
Description
Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange, is regarded as one of the most original and daring writers in the English language. His work is illuminated by a dazzling imagination, by a gift for character and plot, by a talent for surprise. In Earthly Powers Burgess created his masterpiece. At its center are two twentieth-century men who represent different kinds of powerâKenneth Toomey, eminent novelist, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into honored, bitter, luxurious old age as a celebrity of dubious notoriety; and Don Carlo Campanati, a man of God, eventually beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a shrewd manipulator to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. Through the lives of these two modern men Burgess explores the very essence of power. As each pursues his careerâone to sainthood, one to wealthy exileâtheir relationship becomes the heart of a narrative that incorporates almost everyone of fame and distinction in the social, literary, and political life of America and Europe. This astonishing company is joined together by the art of a great novelist into an explosive and entertaining tour de force that will captivate fans of sweeping historic fiction.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 649 pages
- Publisher Vintage Classics
- Publication Date May 6th 2004
- First Publication 10/28/80
- Language English
- ISBN 9780099468646
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Vatican City (Italy)']
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