Hadrian the Seventh | 
pickOooft. A wish-fulfillment story of what would happen if an outcast, odd, obsessive priest (autobiographical!) was elected as pope. It sounds like a farce, but this is in all seriousness. A dense read with far too much ecclesiastical detail, I should have had more background knowledge of the period and the church. And yet George Arthur Rose is a mesmerizing character, his force of will and strength of conviction. It is a fabulous character study.
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