A corner of the veil - Laurence Cosse

Paris. Monday, May 24, 1999, 8.32 pm: Father Bertrand Beaulieu, member of the venerable 'Society of Casuists,' holds in his trembling hands six handwritten pages that prove the existence of God. The shock of this news reverberates from the hushed offices of the order straight across town to the panelled conference rooms of the Presidential Palace, and instantly these hallowed institutions move separately to suppress the news, certain that it will mean nothing less that the very end of Church and State. For if there is a God, who needs intermediaries or earthly success?
With this wry, audacious novel, Laurence Cosse playfully, yet profoundly questions what might happen if the most powerful institutions on earth discover the most extraordinary revelation of the millennium.