Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God, a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood. In this epic masterpiece, Anthony Burgess plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it.
A rollicking, panoramic epic of 20th century literature by the author of "A Clockwork Orange". 'Crowded, crammed, bursting with manic erudition, garlicky puns, omnilingual jokes' Martin Amis