{"product_id":"2026200015061-secondhand-the-devils-advocate-the-second-victory-daughter-of-silence-the-salamander-the-shoes-of-the-fisherman","title":"The Devil's Advocate; The Second Victory; Daughter Of Silence; The Salamander; The Shoes Of The Fisherman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew authors captured the moral complexity of the modern Catholic world with the same unflinching authority as Morris West, and this complete and unabridged omnibus gathers five of his most celebrated novels into a single definitive collection. The Devil's Advocate confronts a dying priest dispatched to investigate a candidate for sainthood in rural Italy, only to find his own fractured faith on trial; The Second Victory chronicles the bitter aftermath of war in occupied Austria; Daughter of Silence immerses the reader in an Italian courtroom drama charged with guilt, justice, and complicity; The Salamander uncovers a web of military conspiracy and political intrigue threatening the very foundations of the Italian state; and The Shoes of the Fisherman presents a Russian pope navigating Cold War brinkmanship from the throne of St. Peter itself.\n\nAcross these five novels, West argues with quiet insistence that power, faith, and conscience are inseparable forces, each capable of ennobling or destroying the individual who dares to hold them in tension. His prose is measured yet urgent, his characters men and women caught between institutional duty and private moral reckoning, rendered with a psychological depth that drew comparisons to Graham Greene. Taken together, these works illustrate why West stood as one of the twentieth century's preeminent storytellers of the spiritual and political conscience — and why readers who open this collection rarely set it down before the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203184304347,"sku":"2026200015061-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f3665a80-af78-4f6f-9d47-99f7cf9c0f71.png?v=1788145112","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015061-secondhand-the-devils-advocate-the-second-victory-daughter-of-silence-the-salamander-the-shoes-of-the-fisherman","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}