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Once again, I am awed by Morris West's narrative skill. Book such as this and Leon Uris' "Topaz" surely set the stage for the modern legal thrillers we're all familiar with. Here, while probing matters of the law and of morals, West draws characters full of pathos and love and honor.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Morris West
- First published
- June 1995
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Heinemann, Bantam Books, F.A. Thorpe
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- French, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780749318406
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Morris Langlo West AO was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. One of his best known works, The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), described the election and career of a Slav as Pope, 15 years before the historic election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II. The sequel,
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