Earthly Powers (Novel)
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0671414909
- ISBN 13
- 9780671414900
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About This Item
Used hardcover book in fair condition. Would be condsidered good condition but is bumped on tail pages 513-578 near spine. stain is also on tail near spine. Page 133 has been dog-eared. An exploration of the very essence of power centers on two men who represent different types of earthly power--one an eminent novelist and well-known homosexual, the other a man of God who rises through the Vatican hierarchy. 1980. A5.
Synopsis
Earthly Powers is a panoramic saga of the 20th century by Anthony Burgess first published in 1980. On one level it is a parody of a "blockbuster" novel, with the 81-year-old hero, Kenneth Toomey (allegedly based on British author W. Somerset Maugham), telling the story of his life in 81 chapters. It "summed up the literary, social and moral history of the century with comic richness as well as encyclopedic knowingness", according to Malcolm Bradbury.
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- Bookseller
- Better Bindings (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 349
- Title
- Earthly Powers (Novel)
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0671414909
- ISBN 13
- 9780671414900
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 607
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.9 inches
- Keywords
- Fiction-Novel
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