Best Novels about religious and political suppression

A Listmania! list by Shafqat H. Naghmi
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The War of the End of the World
1.  The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
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  "The monstrous treatment of the ultimte corrupting power of religion - any religion"
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The Autumn of the Patriarch (International Writers)
2.  The Autumn of the Patriarch (International Writers) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "The ultimate novel about dictatorship, tyranny and fear. Perhaps the best novel of its kind ever written"
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Chain of Being
3.  Chain of Being by Shafqat Khan
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  "A fresh voice about religious traditions and their powerful impact on shaping a whole nation's mind"
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Of Love and Other Demons
4.  Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "Religious beliefs can be the ultimate enemy of love"
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The Feast of the Goat
5.  The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
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  "Scars left by a dictator on the personal life of a woman returning to her country in search of a lost identity"
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The War of the Saints
6.  The War of the Saints by Jorge Amado
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  "A satirical portrait of the role of religious cult in shaping the collective unsonscious of a people"
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I the Supreme (Latin American Literature Series)
7.  I the Supreme (Latin American Literature Series) by Roa Bastos
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  "One of the best descriptions of abuse of power"
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The President
8.  The President by Miguel Angel Asturias
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  "A no-holds barred protrayal of abuse of power"
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The Long Night of White Chickens
9.  The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman
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  "A mystery dealing with everything about abuse of a person's right to live according to his/her thinking"
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The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics) by Franz Kafka
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  "The novel that produced all great novels of the later half of the 20th century"
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