The Monk Nero Award Nominee (2017) The author of The Corrections

The author of The Corrections and Freedom has created yet another cast of vividly original characters

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The Monk Nero Award Nominee (2017) The author of The CorrectionsSet in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal his guilt. The only edition of this key gothic novel available, The Monk now offers