Saints and Schemers: Opus Dei and Its Paradoxes by Joan Estruch; Translator-Elizabeth Ladd Glick - 1995-09-21

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995-09-21. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No marks inside or out. Gift quality, clean hardcover in crisp unclipped dustjacket. Tight and square, sharp corners. Release letter from Oxford University Press laid-in. NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. First English-language edition with full number line, 1st printing. Originally published in Spain in 1993, as L'Opus Dei i les seves paradoxes (in Catalan). Translated by Elizabeth Ladd Glick. xviii, 302 pages. Bibliography, name index, general index. - The Roman Catholic organization known as Opus Dei seems to attract either virulent criticism or extravagant praise. Drawing on dozens of interviews with members and former members--including priests, educators, doctors, Jesuits, and insiders connected with the Vatican Curia--and mining Opus Dei's own literature for clues, Joan Estruch provides the first authoritative portrait of this elusive organization. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.