num_pages: 592
description: The author of Lempriere's Dictionary, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of 1992, returns with a vivid, antic, and picaresque fictional tapestry reminiscent of The Name of the Rose which spins around one of history's most bizarre chapters: the 16th-century attempt to procure a rhinoceros for the amusement of Pope Leo X.
language: English
title: The Pope's Rhinoceros
titlecomplete: The Pope's Rhinoceros
genres: British Literature, Historical, Fantasy, Religion, Italy, Novels, Historical Fiction, Animals, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 537
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Grove Press