The Breath of Night - Brossura

Michael Arditti

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0957330456 ISBN 13: 9780957330450

Casa editrice: Arcadia Books, 2013

Riassunto

While working as a missionary priest in the Philippines during the Marcos dictatorship, Julian Tremayne championed the Communist rebels and found himself imprisoned for murder. Now, three decades later, following Julian's death, a cult develops around him, even calling for sainthood. When Philip Seward goes to investigate on behalf of Julian's family, he is drawn into a labyrinth of vice, violence, and corruption where nothing and nobody are what they seem. Enriched by a gallery of engaging characters ranging from priests to prostitutes, GIs to gangsters, and street children to Imelda Marcos, this outstanding novel is at once a gripping psychological thriller, a challenging moral mystery, and an unforgettable voyage into a dark and exotic landscape.

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Recensione:

Arditti's effective structural scaffolding, with its subjective viewpoints in each time-frame, creates a dark jigsaw piecing together a study of what it means to possess profound religious beliefs in a corrupt world. The literary touchstones here are the works of Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh, with the former's seamy supporting characters and the latter's take on the English floundering overseas rifling through Arditti's story. --Christian House, Independent on Sunday

A web of corruption and theology, this compelling novel uncovers the dark underbelly of the Philippines with all the pace of a thriller. --Hannah Britt, Daily Express

Satisfying and teeming with life, this is a novel unafraid to explore big political and religious issues with relish and insight. --Amber Pearson, Daily Mail

L'autore:

Michael Arditti is the prize-winning author of eight works of fiction, including Easter, which won the Mardi Gras & Waterstone's Award, was shortlisted for the Creative Freedom Award and which was longlisted for the Costa. He currently reviews for several papers and is a regular BBC broadcaster.

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• Editore: Arcadia Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0957330456
• ISBN 13: 9780957330450
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 300