Hadrian the Seventh on “The Guardian: 100 best novels written in English”, a list by TheBookworm on TheLysts.
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Author
Frederick Rolfe
Year
1904
Synopsis
This entertaining if contrived story of a hack writer and priest who becomes pope sheds vivid light on its eccentric author – described by DH Lawrence as a “man-demon”.
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