Earthly powers
Anthony Burgess (Author)
"In Earthly powers Burgess created his masterpiece. At its center are two twentieth-century men who represent different kinds of power -- Kenneth 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 career -- one to sainthood, one to wealthy exile -- their 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." -- Publisher
Print Book, English, 1980
Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, 1980