About this title: What would happen if members of the Roman Curia discovered that the Pope was about to publicly state that he had received a private revelation that the world was about to end - an apocalypse coming at any moment? Is he a madman, as his cardinals suspect, a mystic, or a fanatic grasping for an unholy power?
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Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York
Date Published: 1981
Description: Fair in Near Very Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. 340 pp. The is a heavily cocked ex-library copy, with the usual markings. The binding is secure and the text is clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company
Date Published: 1981
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Pages clean, cover clean, spine a bit worn, bumped. Binding tight. DJ clean, aged, small tear, slight edge wear. read more
Description: Good. 0553206621 Good condition paperback book, some creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, may have corner crease, small edge tear or spine slant, a good book for reading. Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0553206621 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Good reading copy. Bookseller's stamp inside front cover. 404 p. 22 weeks on the New York TImes bestseller list; by the author of "The Shoes of the Fisherman". read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN-13:9780553206623ISBN:0553206621
Description: Good. 0553206621 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN-13:9780553206623ISBN:0553206621
Description: Good. 0553206621 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
"I could not put this book down. I found it to be interesting and engaging. The book touches on major items war, the right to life, cohabitation, and other things. The book had a disappointing end for me but this would be a difficult one to close out. I will continue to read the author's works. The next book in the series is 'Lazarus'. The first book was 'The Shoes of the Fisherman'."
"This is another great book by Morris West. Jesus has come as Redeemer in the modern age. One of the things that I will always remember is the incident that gives the book it's name. The "clowns of God" are children who are mentally or physically handicapped. The French have given them that name and feel that these children are especially close to God's heart. Jesus pulls one of the children towards him and tells his followers that he knows that they want a sign that he is really the Messiah and they want him to miraculously heal the small group of children in the nun's care.
He tells his followers that they need these children to complete their humanity. I won't spoil the rest by telling what he said, but it has stayed with me all these years."
"A thrilling and suspenseful ride through cold war Europe on the back of a scholar and his friend the pope. Don't let my opening sentence fool you, this book is not for the faint of heart, but I'd have to say it's quite on par with anything The Da Vinci Code could conceive of. Of course, for you realists, all the religion might get to you a bit. Even though I enjoyed it so thoroughly, it took me about 3 months to read it when I first got it from a library book sale."
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