Arturo Perez-Reverte "Leather for the drum"

The main mountain of the novel "The skin for a drum"is entrusted to secretly investigate the case in which His Holiness Pan Rome does not want to devote secular authorities. Father Lorenzo Quart has to find answers to very difficult questions.

Can the very building of the old church itself kill people,threatening him with destruction? Why, because of a small patch of land in the center of Seville, where is this church, a poor priest and archbishop, a successful banker and a beauty from the noble Andalusian clan, clashed in a fierce battle?

What dark passions are hidden in the walls of the temples andunder the majestic garments of churchmen? And why Love so dominates the heart of a person, that before it fade and vows, and a sense of duty, and moral principles, which seemed so unshakable ...

Quotations from the book

"The truth kills ahead of time."

"There are dogs, when you look at them you can quite accurately understand what their owners are, and there are cars, the kind of which quite clearly reflects the personality and character of the owner."

"By God's mercy, there are bills that have to be paid in installments"

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