The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman: A Novel - Hardcover

De Bernieres, Louis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688125832 ISBN 13: 9780688125837

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1994

Synopsis

Farce meets tragedy when sadistic Cardinal Guzman confronts Cochadebajo's population of ex-guerrillas, quasi-reformed prostitutes, and the corpulent ghost of Thomas Aquinas

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From the Inside Flap:

With the same ebullient storytelling, luxuriant prose, and irrepressible eroticism he brought to The War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts and Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, Louis de Bernieres continues his chronicle of Cochadebajo, the Andean village where macho philosophers, defrocked priests, and reformed (though hardly inactive) prostitutes cohabit in cheerful anarchy. But this unruly utopia is imperiled when the demon-harried Cardinal Guzman decides to inaugurate a new Inquisition, with Cochadebajo as its ultimate target.
On his side, the Cardinal has an army of fanatics who are all too willing to destroy bodies in order to save souls. The Cochadebajeros have precious little ammunition, unless you count chef Dolores's incendiary Chicken of a True Man, and a civil defense that deems nothing more crucial than the act of love. Part epic, part farce, The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman confirms de Bernieres's reputation as England's answer to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

From the Back Cover:

"De Bernières has a gift for irony, a sure hand for fast-moving plots . . . a talent for bringing the written word to life, and a delicious sense of the absurd."
--Washington Times

"Marvellous, exuberant . . . audaciously brilliant." --The Sunday Times (London)

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0688125832
• ISBN 13: 9780688125837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 363