The Alteration
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An alternative history novel set in a world in which the Protestant Reformation never took place. Hubert Anvil is a singer in the choir of St. George's Basilica whose life is thrown into chaos when his teachers and the Church hierarchy decree that the boy's voice is too precious to sacrifice to puberty. Despite his own misgivings, he must undergo castration, the alteration of the title, in order to preserve it. Will he escape this turn of fate?
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Book Details
First Published
1976
Pages
208 pages
Rating
5.0 / 5
Ratings
1
Editions
13
Publisher
New York Review Books
Language
ENG, GER
Status
Published
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