Lazarus

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The fínal volume in Morris West's Vatícan trilogy Morris West's new növel proves itself a triumphant successor to his worldwide bestsellers The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God. It forms a trilogy with those novels, but alsó stands alone as a book that speaks urgently to our day-a powerful story of the Church, and its leader, in crisis. Lazarus displays Morris West's gifts to the fullest: a deep, compassionate sense of character, a sweeping narrative force, and an unrivaled knowledge of the behind-the-scenes politics of the Vatican. As Lazarus opens, His Holiness Leo XIV, the Vicar of Christ, is doubly threatened with death: He is suffering from cardiac disease that requires open-heart surgery, and he has been targeted for assassination by a terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. As Popé, Leo has been an ironfisted reactionary, surrounding himself with a phalanx of rigorist cardinals, crushing dissent and progressivism at every turn. However, as he looks mortality in the... Tovább

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The fínal volume in Morris West's Vatícan trilogy Morris West's new növel proves itself a triumphant successor to his worldwide bestsellers The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God. It forms a trilogy with those novels, but alsó stands alone as a book that speaks urgently to our day-a powerful story of the Church, and its leader, in crisis. Lazarus displays Morris West's gifts to the fullest: a deep, compassionate sense of character, a sweeping narrative force, and an unrivaled knowledge of the behind-the-scenes politics of the Vatican. As Lazarus opens, His Holiness Leo XIV, the Vicar of Christ, is doubly threatened with death: He is suffering from cardiac disease that requires open-heart surgery, and he has been targeted for assassination by a terrorist group, the Sword of Islam. As Popé, Leo has been an ironfisted reactionary, surrounding himself with a phalanx of rigorist cardinals, crushing dissent and progressivism at every turn. However, as he looks mortality in the face, Leo begins to see the world anew; to see the need for the tolerance (continued on back flap)
(continued from front flap) and humility he has lacked. He emerges from his ordeal resolved to overturn his hard-line policies and throw open the Church. But to do this he will have to jóin dubious battle with the very forces he himself has put in place. Even as the Pope's own priváté struggle unfolds, the terrorists move into position for the kill. Leo and those elose to him are swept up into a fierce international conflict. The bystanders who find themselves in the firing line will not be innocent for long. To survive, they must answer violence with violence. Lazarus shows yet again its author's prophetic grasp of issues inside and outside the Vatican. It resounds with the debates currently raging in the Catholic Church, as well as a subtle awareness of the politics of terrorism. Brimming with action, intrigue, and insight, Lazarus is Morris West at his most compelling. Before becoming a novelist, Morris West had several careers, among them twelve years as a monk. He has written over twenty novels, including The Devil's Advocate, Daughter of Silence, The Ambassador, The Tower of Bábel, and The World Is Made of Glass. His work has been published in twenty-seven languages. Morris West has worked and traveled all over the world, and now lives in Australia, where he was born. Vissza