Lawrence Norfolk

• Sep-1993
• / Suspense
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The Somerset Maugham Prizeâ€"winning, international bestselling debut novel: "a dazzling linguistic and formal achievement" set in 18th century London (Salman Rushdie).   In eighteenth-century London, John Lempriere works feverishly on ...

• Jun-1997
• / General Fiction
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"The acclaimed author of Lemprière's Dictionary furnishes another richly textured romp steeped in history, legend, and excitement." -- Booklist   The Pope's Rhinoceros is a vivid, antic, and picaresque novel spun around one of history's m...

• Jan-2003
• / Literary
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"One of the year's most imaginative and challenging novels" from the acclaimed author of John Saturnall's Feast (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).   Lawrence Norfolk's In the Shape of a Boar is a juggernaut of a novel, an ep...

• Apr-2003
• / Literary
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An international best-seller and winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize, Lempriere's Dictionary is the debut novel from Lawrence Norfolk, one of England's most innovative, internationally acclaimed young authors. In eighteenth-century London, John Lemp...

• Sep-2012
• / Literary
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A beautiful, rich and sensuous historical novel, John Saturnall’s Feast tells the story of a young orphan who becomes a kitchen boy at a manor house, and rises through the ranks to become the greatest Cook of his generation. It is a story of food, ...