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Vintage Classic of the epic masterpiece following the lives of two men and exploring the essence of power.
Synopsis
Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; 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 book, the author plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it.