Q - by Luther Blissett (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this brilliantly conceived literary thriller set in the chaos of the Reformation--an age devastated by wars of religion--a young theology student adopts the cause of heretics and the disinherited and finds himself pursued by a relentless papal informer and heretic hunter.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In 1517, Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, and a dance of death begins between a radical Anabaptist with many names and a loyal papal spy known mysteriously as Q. In this brilliantly conceived literary thriller set in the chaos of the Reformation-an age devastated by wars of religion-a young theology student adopts the cause of heretics and the disinherited and finds himself pursued by a relentless papal informer and heretic hunter. What begins as a personal struggle to reveal each other's identity becomes a mission that can only end in death. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"[<i>Q</i>] is a historical novel of the grand and sweeping sort, one that aims to capture not a life or a moment, but an era of pivotal importance."-<i>-Washington Post Book World </i> <br>"It is hard to do better than this vivid, terrifying portrait of a survivor of the Protestant Reformation . . . The characters in Q bleed real blood, blood that was still soaking Europe in the trenches of World War I, and the firestorms of World War II." -- The New Republic <br>While sixteenth-century Europe is devastated by the wars of religion following the Reformation, a young theology student adopts the cause of the heretics and the disinherited. Our hero, an Anabaptist who travels under many names, and his enemy, Q, a papal informer and heretic hunter, play a game in which no moves are forbidden. Across the chessboard of Europe, from the German plains to the flourishing Dutch cities and south to Venice, what begins as a struggle to reveal each other's identity eventually becomes part of a much greater mission: total annihilation of the enemy. <br>Part thriller, part novel of ideas, <i>Q</i> is as richly imagined as Umberto Eco's <i>The Name of the Rose</i> or Iain Pears's <i>An Instance of the Fingerpost</i> and as subversively political as Michel Houellebecq's <i>Atomised.</i> <br>The four pseudonymous authors of <i>Q</i> live in Bologna, Italy. Their website is www.wumingfoundation.com. <br>Translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside <br>"Q . . . is as mysterious as a miracle and hot as a burning heretic." -- The Raleigh News and Observer <br>"This is a big book and a big canvas . . . The panorama is big and bloody and breathtaking: a crush of colour and crowds, exotic locations and war." -- <i>The Times</i> (London)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR Q <br>Blissett moves his characters skillfully, pieces on a chessboard whose next square they cannot see, and keeps the reader in suspense until the final, fatal meeting.-SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE <p/>The most compelling recent historical novel about religious strife in the Renaissance . . . If we really want to see what happens when religion drives believers to extremes, it is hard to do better than this vivid, terrifying portrait . . .The characters in Q bleed real blood. -THE NEW REPUBLIC <p/><br>
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