The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman Av Louis De Bernieres

<p><b>The epic finale of the Latin American trilogy following <i>The War of Don Emmanuel''s Nether Parts </i>and <i>Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>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...<br><br><b>''An extraordinary feat of imagination... a sensuous, often farcical and ultimately optimistic argument for spiritual sanity'' <i>Time Out</i></b></p>