The Portrait Mrs. Charbuque
by:
Jeffrey Ford (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781405006590 (1405006595)
Publish date: May 2003
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Art,
Speculative Fiction,
Historical Mystery,
Horror,
Gothic,
Weird Fiction,
New Weird
"Say hello to Mr Wolfe." Rubbish cover, fun novel. I don't know what "Pynchonesque augury" is but while lapping that up the Baltimore Sun have completely missed that this is a wonderfully light and humourous tale with superb flights of fantasy. This is in no way a heritage pastiche or literary exerc...
Opowiadania 6/10 Powieść 10/10 Średnia 8/10
Really great. Review to come.