Its very title, as revealed in one of the three epigraphs which serve as curtain-raisers to the novel itself, is plucked from the Book of Job: “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.” It is not easy to make the New York Times Bestseller List without selling out to the demands and commands of the Zeitgeist.īest known, perhaps, as the author of On Stranger Tides, which inspired the fourth of The Pirates of the Caribbean films, his finest novel is probably-or arguably- Declare, a supernatural spy thriller set against the backdrop of World War II and the Cold War.ĭeclare, as with much of Powers’ work, is literary in the sense that it is awash with intertextual references to great literature. This is a remarkable achievement in itself. Tim Powers stands out from the crowd of contemporary novelists because he is a faithful Catholic who has somehow managed to swim in the toxic mainstream without compromising his faith or principles.
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