In the Hand of Dante (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316735643)

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.

Author: Nick Tosches
ISBN-10: 0316735647
ISBN-13: 9780316735643
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.56w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/21/2003 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 37