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David Anthony Yallop was born in London, England on January 27, 1937. He left high school at the age of 15 and worked a low-level job at a newspaper before two years of compulsory military service in the Royal Air Force. After his service was complete, he worked a series of odd jobs before landing show more at a television station, where he became a floor manager and studio director before he started writing. He wrote numerous scripts for television shows including the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He wrote several books about true crime and conspiracy including Deliver Us from Evil; Tracking the Jackal: The Search for Carlos, the World's Most Wanted Man; The Power and the Glory: Inside the Dark Heart of John Paul II's Vatican; and Beyond Belief: The Catholic Church and the Child Abuse Scandal. In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I received the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger award for nonfiction in 1984. He died from complications of pneumonia on August 23, 2018 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Yallop, David Anthony
Birthdate
1937-01-27
Date of death
2018-08-23
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
London, England, UK
Cause of death
pneumonia
Occupations
writer
Organizations
Royal Air Force

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I read this some time back and wholeheartedly bought into Yallop's thesis; that dark forces at the Vatican conspired to murder Pope John Paul I due to his liberal bent. "In God's Name" is well written and persuasive and for a while I was convinced that something nefarious had happened to the Pope but the longer one reflects on the story, the less likely it becomes. Because really, the fact that the Pope was an old man with a history of health issues is a far more logical way to die than being bumped off by shadowy nuns.… (more)
 
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MiaCulpa | 12 other reviews | Jul 2, 2019 |
This is ire and nausea inducing, the litany of abuse and coverup and the fact that it's not a modern phenomena but the lax punishment, if any, is against earlier teachings and is an example of how the Catholic Church today is it's own worst enemy.

Every organisation needs checks and balances and also needs to ensure that the good people who work within it aren't tarred with the same brush as the abusers. The Church needs to work on fixing it's problems, particularly how it treats abusers and victims and stop trying to pretend that it's a new or isn't endemic and this book is a good first step in looking at it.

Not an easy read, made me both sad and angry.
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wyvernfriend | Dec 17, 2018 |
Crcumstantial evidence and a short list of possible murderers
 
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brendanus | 12 other reviews | Jun 12, 2016 |
An interesting tale of the drug cartels attempting to put a compromised politician into the white house and the documentary film maker whose quest for truth puts him in the middle of the fracas.

The book is well written and researched. Unlike some books involving the drug cartels which contain distractingly awful omissions or mistakes the story here has enough detail to draw you in and involve you without involving absurd fantasy or violence for the sake of violence.
 
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