The Pope’s Rhinoceros (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Lawrence Norfolk
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: History, Storytelling, Sixteenth century, Catholics or Catholic Church, Conspiracies or conspirators, Popes or papacy, Spain or Spanish people, Portugal or Portuguese people
- Locales: Africa, Italy, Baltics
Lawrence Norfolk’s highly acclaimed first novel, LEMPRIERE’S DICTIONARY (1991), was a superb addition to a subgenre, the postmodern historical novel, which includes such notable works as John Barth’s THE SOT-WEED FACTOR (1987), Thomas Pynchon’s GRAVITY’S RAINBOW (1987), Salman Rushdie’s MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (1981), Umberto Eco’s THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1983), and A. S. Byatt’s POSSESSION: A ROMANCE (1990). As daunting as LEMPRIERE’S DICTIONARY, albeit perhaps slightly less dazzling, Norfolk’s latest “unfettered fantasy” is, like its predecessor, woven around a...
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