Luis M. Rocha, trans. from the Portuguese by Robin McAllister, Putnam, $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-399-15688-5
Only the most rabid religious conspiracy fans will be able to slog their way through Rocha's overlong, preachy third thriller involving the search for ancient religious artifacts (after The Holy Bullet). London journalist Sarah Monteiro joins her...
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Luis Miguel Rocha, Author, Dolores M. Koch, Translator , trans. from the Spanish by Dolores M. Koch. Putnam $24.95 (306p) ISBN 978-0-399-15489-8
The election of Don Albino Luciani to the papal throne in 1978 threatens the Vatican status quo in this routine thriller from Portuguese author Rocha, his first novel. John Paul I’s views on papal infallibility and such controversial...
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Luis Miguel Rocha, Author, Lua-S M. Rocha, Author, Lu Rocha, Author , trans. from the Portuguese by Robin McAllister. Putnam $25.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-399-15600-7
Ponderous prose weighs down Rocha’s sequel to 2008’s The Last Pope
, which centered on a conspiracy to murder Pope John Paul I. This follow-up treads similar ground, but a plausible premise—that the truth behind the 1981 attempt on
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