{"product_id":"earthly-powers-by-anthony-burgess-1","title":"Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange, is regarded as one of the most original and daring writers in the English language. His work is illuminated by a dazzling imagination, by a gift for character and plot, by a talent for surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Earthly Powers, Burgess created his masterpiece. At its center are two twentieth-century men who represent different kinds of power — Kenneth Toomey, eminent novelist, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into honored, bitter, luxurious old age as a celebrity of dubious notoriety; and Don Carlo Campanati, a man of God, eventually beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a shrewd manipulator to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the lives of these two modern men Burgess explores the very essence of power. As each pursues his career — one to sainthood, one to wealthy exile — their relationship becomes the heart of a narrative that incorporates almost everyone of fame and distinction in the social, literary, and political life of America and Europe. This astonishing company is joined together by the art of a great novelist into an explosive and entertaining tour de force that will captivate fans of sweeping historic fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43640519393354,"sku":"6709x","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6709x_a529a30c-c1be-4b9e-a8a1-78bb70e04be8.jpg?v=1779953305","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/earthly-powers-by-anthony-burgess-1","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}