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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Dedalus, (February 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1873982712
  • ISBN-13: 978-1873982716
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Completely over the top, June 21, 2003
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The very first scene is so completely over the top, I was immediately hooked. I read it straight through. Strange and quirky writing, many an unexpected turn, circuses, wrestling matches, sex, drama, all that stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brillant work., May 30, 2001
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What a wonderful if at times grosteque novel. About a hunchback Gnostic Dawrf who is a servant to Leo X in the late 1400 into the 1500. Deals with Gnostic philosphy, The Inquisition, Martin Luther, and deranged sex, both straight and gay. Very good read and I'm hoping for more in Cofessions of a Flesh Eater. Read it you'll love it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The funky 1500's, June 9, 2008
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Great read- bawdy, perverse, vivid, bloody, scatological, Gnostic, an Italian Renaissance "Nightmare Alley", freaks, cruelty, and Vatican politics. What more could a reader want? I admire the author's efforts at creating a plausible underground Gnostic faith. The conclusion however left me unsatisfied being a forced "beauty & the beast" symbolism which simply does not mesh with the gnostic nihilism of the rest of the novel.

After reading this you will understand the history as to why Italy changes governments more frequently than any nation in the West.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious decadence
Witness the Luteran schism from a very peculiar point of view, that of the gnostic dwarf Peppe, close servant of His Holines Pope Leo. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rabelaisian--for better or more grotesque....
When I was 15, I found out that Rabelais had been banned from my my local library for years; I actually choked down Gargantuan & Pantagruel, waiting for the really naughty bits... Read more
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This book is tremendous. I sent it to a friend of mine and he spent 3 days reading it straight. A glorious and disturbing docu-drama set in the 1150s in Italy. A must read!
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