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Lawrence Norfolk
In the Shape of a Boar Lawrence Norfolk's third novel begins with a boar hunt in Ancient Greece, then moves to Paris in the 1970s, where the life of the poet Sol Memel echoes the mythological prototypes. An original and engaging novel.
Weidenfeld 2000 hbk £16.99 ISBN 0-297-64618-4
Orion Trade 2001 pbk £6.99 ISBN 0-7538-1257-6 ![]() Author photo: © Steve Pyke
Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth81
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/07/15/FFX0W2W94PC.html http://www.britishcouncil.ee/arts/Aprilshower.htm http://books.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4459734,00.html http://www.britishcouncil.org/virtual/WBD2001/M-R/mr11.htm
Lawrence Norfolk
Lempriere's Dictionary It is 18th century London and John Lempriere, a young scholar, is writing a dictionary of classical mythology in an attempt to exorcise the demons raised by his father's bizarre and violent death. While tending to his father's business affairs, Lempriere discovers a 150-year-old conspiracy that has kept his family from its share of the fabulously wealthy East India Company, but as John begins to untangle the years of mystery and deceit, people begin to die, in ways that mirror the very myths he is researching...
Vintage 2004 pbk £8.99 ISBN 0-7493-9819-1
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Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth81
Lawrence Norfolk
Illustrated by Albrecht Durer The Pope's Rhinoceros The tale of the sinking of a Portuguese ship off the coast of Italy in 1516, while attempting to deliver a rhinoceros to Pope Leo X. The hero, Salvestro, is caught up in a mission to Rome by a sect of secretive monks from a Baltic island, their first pilgrimage in 200 years.
Minerva 1997 pbk £7.99 ISBN 0-7493-98744-4
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Author details available at http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth81
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