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The Last Pope by Luís Miguel Rocha is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Last Pope about?

The election of Don Albino Luciani to the papal throne in 1978 threatens the Vatican status quo in this routine thriller from Portuguese author Rocha, his first novel. John Paul I's views on papal infallibility and such controversial subjects as birth control, not to mention his resolve to clean house of those men of God who sullied the Roman Catholic church by financial chicanery with mob links, lead to his murder soon after he becomes pope. In the present-day, London journalist Sarah Monteiro receives a letter implicating the pope's killers. The same shadowy band turns out to be behind the attempt on the life of John Paul II as well as the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. Sarah struggles to stay alive and keep the evidence out of the wrong hands amid predictable action sequences and hairbreadth escapes. An author interview at book's end claiming that John Paul I was actually murdered is sure to please conspiracy buffs.

Who reads The Last Pope?

Author

Luís Miguel Rocha

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780241953228

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Thrillers, Fiction

Rating

3.34 / 5 (64 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14