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A Morte De Um Papa (2009)

by Piers Paul Read(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Aletheia

review 1: Compelling, fast-paced read. Piers Paul Read's latest novel starts off with a bizarre trial and builds dramatically during the final days of Pope John Paul II's pontificate. As the aging Pontiff lays dying, speculation grows about his successor. The reader, aware of actual history but not sure how this story will hold true, follows the missionary travels of acquitted terrorist and laicized priest Juan Uriarte from London to Rome to Africa; then from Cairo, Egypt back to Rome again. English reporter, Kate Ramsey provides the romance angle and Security Service MI5 David Kotovski, the complications.There is also a wonderful, beloved uncle of Kate's who gives her much needed counsel; a liberal, Dutch Cardinal who fancies himself the next Pope and fascinating insights into ... morecurrent Catholic theological, social and moral issues.Don't miss it!
review 2: There's a big spoiler here!I liked it more as the story went on. The action builds up well and I wasn't able to figure out all the twists and turns until nearly the end. I was able to gain more insight into the characters as the plot thickened. I thought the author strained a bit to build the relationship between the priest and his niece as so strong but the irony of other relationships was right on, such as the low status of Juan's wife and son after he leaves the priesthood to bring "justice" to the poor; his "freedom" from the priesthood to liberate the world's poor serves in his mind to justify his lousy treatment of women, his family and his child. Very good insight into why the Church insists that evil can't be used to bring about good.I also agree with my friend Amy that it was too short. less

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