by Morris West · Circulo Lectores Barcelona · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421742228
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«El abogado del diablo» is the novel by Morris West, published by Círculo Lectores Barcelona in paperback (309 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Blaise Meredith, a Vatican bureaucrat and auditor of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, tasked with examining the cause of beatification of a man in the Calabrian countryside. Among attributed miracles, village secrets and his own conscience, West explores the tension between faith and the human condition.
The novel was originally published as The Devil's Advocate in 1959, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
For readers of religious fiction and mystery, with an interest in Italian settings and drama of faith.
Morris Langlo West was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies.
