The Inquisitors' Manual Antunes Antonio LoboPaperback
The Inquisitors' Manual Antunes Antonio LoboPaperback Senhor Francisco, a once powerful state minister and a personal friend of the Portuguese dictator Salazar, is incapacitated by a stroke. The…
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The Inquisitors' Manual Antunes Antonio LoboPaperback
Senhor Francisco, a once powerful state minister and a personal friend of the Portuguese dictator Salazar, is incapacitated by a stroke. The emotional turmoil enveloping Francisco's family finally catches up with him when the Carnation Revolution severs the dictatorship and the old regime tumbles. As he lies dying in a Lisbon nursing home he reviews his life and his loves.
An international best-seller and the novel that established Antunes's reputation in Europe, The Inquisitors' Manual is a rewarding and stunning piece of art that shows the damage tyranny does to each layer of Beset by paranoia, Senhor Francisco remains a large but empty shadow of his former self.