Book description
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...
Louis de Bernières is the best-selling author of
Captain
Corelli's Mandolin
. His most recent novels are
Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter
.
