The Last Pope
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The election of Don Albino Luciani to the papal throne in 1978 threatens th e Vatican status quo in this routine thriller from Portuguese author Rocha, his first novel. John Paul I's views on papa...
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The election of Don Albino Luciani to the papal throne in 1978 threatens th e Vatican status quo in this routine thriller from Portuguese author Rocha, his first novel. John Paul I's views on papal infallibility and such contr oversial subjects as birth control, not to mention his resolve to clean hou se of those men of God who sullied the Roman Catholic church by financial c hicanery with mob links, lead to his murder soon after he becomes pope. In the present-day, London journalist Sarah Monteiro receives a letter implica ting the pope's killers. The same shadowy band turns out to be behind the a ttempt on the life of John Paul II as well as the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. Sarah struggles to stay alive and keep the evide nce out of the wrong hands amid predictable action sequences and hairbreadt h escapes. An author interview at book's end claiming that John Paul I was actually murdered is sure to please conspiracy buffs.
Product Info
ISBN: 0515146609
ISBN-13: 9780515146608
Publisher: Jove
Year: 2009
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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