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The New York Times Bestseller is now available in its 35th Anniversary Edition, featuring an extensive new introduction by Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court. (NOTE: Only the new edition from QUID PRO BOOKS is an all-new printing and includes the new Foreword, even if this description erroneously appears under used copies of old versions.) This book is universally considered to be an unusual, fascinating, and well-written observation of the life of a man who was first a hero and Medal of Honor winner from a brutal war, then Chief Justice of the United States, later a monk in the wake of tragedy and insight, and finally elected Pope: Pope Francis I. His exciting life is described by three men who 'knew him well.' The first narrator is a Marine, telling of their time together in action. A constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice, appalled at the new Chief Justice, narrates the second phase. The third is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church: fat, kind, but distracted. The Marine cares for him the most, the Supreme Court Justice condescends and despises him, and the Cardinal is much more interested in food than his subject. But Declan Walsh was a man who earned the Medal of Honor while ordering the deaths of comrades, ruled pragmatically and energetically on the Supreme Court but lost his way to tragedy and neglect, and became a miraculous healer - assassinated for challenging the powers that rule the secular world. • What makes this book extraordinary is that it proves itself by paradox - reconciling and weaving together strong, seemingly incompatible elements into a cohesive, memorable work quite unlike any other in 20th century fiction. Ambitious in length and scope, the stage is nothing less than the contemporary world, its recent history and prophecy; while the focus, from several points of view, is clearly upon a single man, an American, who rises to become Bishop of Rome. • "Fascinating and gripping ... this remarkable epic will haunt the reader long after." - Time • "Distinctive, ambitious in scope and entertaining." - Library Journal • "No reader can fail to be stirred." - San Francisco Chronicle
- Sales Rank: #721183 in Books
- Published on: 2015-01-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.21" h x 1.38" w x 6.14" l, 2.24 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 550 pages
About the Author
WALTER F. MURPHY taught constitutional law to generations of students at Princeton, where he held the chair of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence first occupied by Woodrow Wilson. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Murphy served as a Marine in Korea and won a Distinguished Service Cross and a Purple Heart, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel. He graduated from Notre Dame and George Washington University and earned a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. His novels include 'The Roman Enigma' and 'Upon This Rock: The Life of St. Peter.'
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
A vivid portrayal of an imaginary "great man."
By Roger J. Buffington
This is an extraordinary novel of the same genre as "The Shoes of the Fisherman." It portrays the imaginary life of one Declan Walsh. The author's stylistic method is extraordinarily effective. The author uses as a setting a reporter interviewing three different (imaginary) intimates of Walsh. Each of these interviewees: a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant, a Supreme Court Justice, and a Catholic Cardinal, paints a different portrayal of Walsh, and incidentally also presents the reader with a fascinating character study in his own right.
In the novel, Declan Walsh lives an extraordinary life: he is a Medal of Honor winner in Korea, he later becomes Chief Justice of the United States. He resigns his post on the Supreme Court in the face of personal tragedy, and later is selected as Pope by a deadlocked Church conclave.
My favorite portion of the novel is the first third, which deals with Walsh as a Marine Corps battalion commander in Korea. The depiction of men in combat, the leadership issues, the life and death decisions, and above all the hard fighting and hard dying are powerfully done. The reader can feel the cold Korean night, and share the Marines' honest fear and bravery as tough infantry combat rages. I have never read a more realistic and authentic story of men in combat.
The second section of the novel deals with Walsh as Chief Justice. The legal issues are pretty much passe' now--they deal with issues circa 1964-1975. However, this portion of the novel retains its relevance despite this because it gives an interesting insight into the decision making process within the Court, and again the portrayal of Walsh is wonderfully done.
The last section of the novel deals with Walsh as Pope. It is not dated in any significant way, because the Church has not grappled with most of the issues portrayed in the novel. Again, the author takes us into the Catholic Church and explains some of the politics, infighting, and differences in ideology that permeat the world's oldest beauracracy. One need not be a Catholic to find this fascinating.
The best thing about this novel is the quality of the writing. Murphy's prose is clear, wonderfully stylistic, and extremely entertaining. Many of the characters in the novel literally seem to spring to life, so well done are Murphy's characterizations. Murphy's characters act and seem like real people living real lives at all times. I have read this novel many times over the years and I regard it as one of the best reads I have ever experienced. Highly recommended.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
War Hero, Supreme Court Justice and Pope - One man's life
By A Customer
This book is an unusual, fascinating and well-written observation of the life of one man when first a war hero, then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and finally, Pope. Although he lives a superhuman life, his complex mix of fallibility and greatness are drawn on the canvass by the three men whose narrations tell the story of his life. The first narrator is a Marine Sargeant, telling of their time together in Korea. The second, a Constitional scholar and Supreme Court Justice appalled at the new Chief Justice, narrates the second phase. The third is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; fat, kind but distracted. The sargeant cares for him the most, the Supreme Court Justice condescends and hates like Salieri in 'Amadeus' and the Cardinal is much more interested in food than his subject. But on stage is a man who earns the Medal of Honor while ordering the death of his best friend, rules pragmatically and energetically on the Court but loses his wife to death and neglect, and becomes a miraculous healer assasinated for challenging the powers that rule the secular world. Mr. Murphy's combines "Rashamon" with The Pillar and the Post" for a most excellent time. I read this book for the first time in 1980, and re-read it many times since.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Francesco I
By R. Kent
I write this review an hour after the announcement of Jorge Bergoglio as Papa Francesco, first of that name.....
VoC--one of my favorite novels, now,alas, dated by its late 1970s origins--is an excellent overview of what would happen if Walter Murphy had become Pope after serving in the Marine Corps and in the Supreme Court of the United States. Excellent read, entertaining, but, um, a bit too much of what tvtropes.org calls "Author Avatar." I do like how its three narraitors have such radically different 'voices'--one a Marine Gunnery Sergeant (kinda like a Battalion Sergeant Major), one a Supreme Court justice, and one a highly intelligent but highly corpulent gourmand of a Cardinal--who each describe Declan Walsh's journey from soldier (hokay, Marine) to almost-saint. The description of Marine service, Court workings and the Vatican are keenly carved. Good stuff.
I just find it fascinating that we've had three major papal novels come out in the 70s and 80s--Shoes of the Fisherman, about an Eastern European anti-communist Pope, The Clowns of God, about a WW2-surviving Pope who resigns his office, and now Vicar of Christ about a fictional Pope Francis.
A strange world.
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