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    "annotation": "<p><span>Anthony Burgess, author of&nbsp;</span><em>A Clockwork Orange,</em><span>&nbsp;is regarded as one of the most original and daring writers in the English language. His work is illuminated by a dazzling imagination, by a gift for character and plot, by a talent for surprise.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>In&nbsp;</span><em>Earthly Powers</em><span>&nbsp;Burgess created his masterpiece. At its center are two twentieth-century men who represent different kinds of power&mdash;Kenneth Toomey, eminent novelist, a man who has outlived his contemporaries to survive into honored, bitter, luxurious old age as a celebrity of dubious notoriety; and Don Carlo Campanati, a man of God, eventually beloved Pope, who rises through the Vatican as a shrewd manipulator to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood.&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Through the lives of these two modern men Burgess explores the very essence of power. As each pursues his career&mdash;one to sainthood, one to wealthy exile&mdash;their relationship becomes the heart of a narrative that incorporates almost everyone of fame and distinction in the social, literary, and political life of America and Europe. This astonishing company is joined together by the art of a great novelist into an explosive and entertaining tour de force that will captivate fans of sweeping historic fiction.</span></p>",
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