Morris West

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Morris Langlo West AO was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. One of his best known works, The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), described the election and career of a Slav as Pope, 15 years before the historic election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II. The sequel, The Clowns of God, described a successor Pope, who resigned the papacy to live in seclusion. West was awarded the 1959 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Devil's Advocate. In the early 1960s, he helped found the Australian Society of Authors. He presented the 1986 Playford Lecture. In 1993, West announced that he had written his last book and a formal valedictory dinner was held in his honour. However, he found he could not retire as he had planned and wrote a further three novels and two non-fiction books. West died while working at his desk on the final chapters of his novel The Last Confession, about the trials and imprisonment of Giordano Bruno who was burned at the stake for heresy in 1600. - wikipedia

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Daughter of Silence
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The Last Confession
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The Ambassador
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Cassidy
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Vanishing Point
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The world is made of glass
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The Navigator
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Lazarus
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The Ringmaster
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Summer of the Red Wolf
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A View from the Ridge
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McCreary Moves In
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Masterclass
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The crooked road
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Eminence
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The Lovers
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The Devil's Advocate
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Los bufones de Dios
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Stories from the Old Testament Vol. 2
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Le mystère Strassberger
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Les Souliers de Saint-Pierre
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Al Final del Camino
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Petróleo diabólico
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The Second Victory
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