In the Hand of Dante
Author | : Nick Tosches |
Publisher | : Hachette+ORM |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2001-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780759527362 |
ISBN-13 | : 0759527369 |
Rating | : 4/5 (369 Downloads) |
Download or read book In the Hand of Dante written by Nick Tosches and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep inside the Vatican library, a priest discovers the rarest and most valuable art object ever found: the manuscript of The Divine Comedy, written in Dante's own hand. Via Sicily, the manuscript makes its way from the priest to a mob boss in New York City, where a writer named Nick Tosches is called to authenticate the prize. For this writer, the temptation is too great: he steals the manuscript in a last-chance bid to have it all. Some will find it offensive; others will declare it transcendent; it is certain to be the most ragingly debated novel of the decade.