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First publish date: 1961
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Anthony Burgess
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Earthly Powers follows a group of ambitious men—a cardinal, an older gay scientist, and a bright young journalist—as they attempt to manipulate faith and science on a trip to Guyana, culminating in the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide.

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