The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
Author: Louis de Bernières
Desc: While the economy of his small South American country collapses President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers former guerillas unfrocked priests and reformed – though by no means inactive – whores in a bizarre search for sexual fulfillment. But for Cardinal Guzman a man tormented by his own private demons their stupendous hedonistic fiestas represent the epicenter of all heresies. Heresies that must be challenged with a horrifying new inquisition destined to climax in a spectacular confrontation… The second part of a trilogy following The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Fiction.