This novel's protagonist secures his position by strangling Jehoshaphat, and uses (*) poisoned wine to eliminate Lodovico Montanza il Toro and other political rivals of his master, an Italian Prince.
The protagonist of this novel never laughs, and believes that "reality is the only thing that matters." When the protagonist of this novel catches a pair of lovers together in bed, the male is decapitated and the female commits suicide shortly thereafter. This novel's protagonist secures his position by strangling Jehoshaphat, and uses (*) poisoned wine to eliminate Lodovico Montanza il Toro and other political rivals of his master, an Italian Prince. Piccoline is the diminutive title character of - for 10 points - what Par Lagerkvist novel?
The protagonist of this novel never laughs, and believes that "reality is the only thing that matters.
The Dwarf