{"product_id":"2026100009447-secondhand-the-shoes-of-the-fisherman-signed","title":"The Shoes Of The Fisherman (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the most powerful spiritual office in the world were thrust upon a man shaped not by privilege, but by the brutal crucible of a Soviet labour camp? Morris West's The Shoes of the Fisherman chronicles the extraordinary ascent of Kiril Lakota, a Ukrainian Catholic bishop who, after languishing for seventeen years as a political prisoner in Siberia, is unexpectedly released and, in a breathtaking twist of fate, elected to the papacy. Set against the razor's-edge tension of the Cold War, the novel presents a world teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe and mass famine, where the new Pope must wield his immense moral authority to broker peace between superpowers who trust no one.\n\nWest, one of Australia's most celebrated novelists, writes with the authority of a man who himself spent years studying for the priesthood, and that intimate knowledge lends the narrative an authenticity that is both rare and electrifying. The novel argues that true faith is not found in ceremony and doctrine, but is forged in suffering and tested by impossible moral choices. Published to international acclaim and a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, it remains a landmark work of 20th-century political and spiritual fiction — one that asks a question as urgent today as it was then: can a single conscience change the course of history?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203180994779,"sku":"2026100009447-SECONDHAND","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fcf2ec95-8e9e-4c1b-9087-ebe4d7114ede.png?v=1788145047","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009447-secondhand-the-shoes-of-the-fisherman-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}