The Vatican Cellars by Andre Gide
Could the Pope have been secretly abducted? André Gide’s famous satire centres around a group of ingenious fraudsters, who convince their wealthy victims that the pontiff has been imprisoned by freemasons.
Ranging from madcap farce to scenes of romance and even murder, it is a send-up of conventional morality, most clearly in the picaresque character of Lafcadio, whose notorious behaviour in the novel provoked outrage at the time of publication.
Though in a more light-hearted vein than other works by Gide, this unusual novel still questions how individuals should live their life when faced with the rigid social and ethical structures that surround us.
Format: Paperback | 240 pages
Dimensions (cm): 18.1 x 11.2 x 1.2 | 218g
Publication Date: 26 Apr 1973
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: Middlesex, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0140014047
ISBN13: 9780140014044
Condition: Acceptable
A vintage book with obvious wear. Has obvious damage to the cover, including creasing, scuff marks, and minor general wear and tear, but integrity still intact. There is a fair amount of creasing throughout the book, and blotches of discolouring, the worst of which is on the first and last 4 pages in the book. No writing in margins, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. Still a clean, solid, and readable copy.