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The Breath of Night
Author(s): Michael Arditti (Author)
- Publisher: Arcadia Books
- Publication Date: 1 July 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 300 pages
- ISBN-10: 0957330456
- ISBN-13: 9780957330450
Book Description
Julian Tremayne is a missionary priest in a remote Philippine village during the Marcos dictatorship. After championing the Communist rebels, he finds himself imprisoned for the murder of a local military commander. Three decades later, following his own mysterious death, a cult develops around Julian and there are calls for him to be made a saint. When Philip Seward is sent out to investigate on behalf of Julian’s family, he is drawn into a labyrinth of vice, violence and corruption where nothing and nobody are what they seem. Enriched by a gallery of engaging characters ranging from priests to prostitutes, GIs to gangsters, tribesmen to terrorists and street children to Imelda Marcos, Michael Arditti’s outstanding new novel is at once a gripping psychological thriller, a challenging moral mystery and an unforgettable voyage into a dark and exotic landscape.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Arditti’s effective structural scaffolding, with its subjective viewpoints in each time-frame, creates a dark jigsaw piecing together a study of what it means to possess profound religious beliefs in a corrupt world. The literary touchstones here are the works of Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh, with the former’s seamy supporting characters and the latter’s take on the English floundering overseas rifling through Arditti’s story. –Christian House, Independent on Sunday
A web of corruption and theology, this compelling novel uncovers the dark underbelly of the Philippines with all the pace of a thriller. –Hannah Britt, Daily Express
Satisfying and teeming with life, this is a novel unafraid to explore big political and religious issues with relish and insight. –Amber Pearson, Daily Mail
About the Author
Michael Arditti is the prize-winning author of eight works of fiction, including Easter, which won the Mardi Gras & Waterstone’s Award, was shortlisted for the Creative Freedom Award and which was longlisted for the Costa. He currently reviews for several papers and is a regular BBC broadcaster.
