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Lawrence Norfolk was born in London in 1963. He read English at King's College, London, graduating in 1986. He began teaching, studied for a Ph.D., and worked as a freelance writer on a number of reference books, contributing articles and reviews to magazines and journals including the Times Literary Supplement. He has written several novels including; Lempriere's Dictionary, Pope's Rhinoceros and In the Shape of a Boar.

Books by Lawrence Norfolk

The Pope's Rhinoceros

'Spell-binding entertainment, richly imagined, painstakingly researched, superbly paced and utterly gripping' - Michael Dibdin, Independent on Sunday

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Lemprière’s Dictionary

A seductive puzzle that wends its way through history, politics, literature and the yearnings of the human heart...

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