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The Alteration

By: Kingsley Amis
Narrated by: Michael Fox
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Hubert Anvil is a 10-year-old boy blessed with the voice of an angel. The Church hierarchy decrees that Hubert should be turned into a castrato - an alteration that could bring Hubert fame and fortune, but would also cut him off from an adult world he is curious to discover.

In a dystopian world where Martin Luther never reformed and where the Holy Office's power is absolute, where will Hubert turn if he decides to defy their wishes?

©1976 Kingsley Amis (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Fiction Science Fiction
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The disorientating world of The Alteration is the same but different, familiar yet strange (Laura Keynes)
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I had wanted to read this book when I first became aware of its contents. Amis's description of an alternative history of Christianity without the Protestant Reformation is fascinating in its own right.

Enjoyable alternative history

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