The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
by:
Jeffrey Ford (author)
A mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may...
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A mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic, but he may not, under any circumstances, see her. So begins an astonishing journey into Mrs. Charbuque's world and the world of 1893 New York society in this hypnotically compelling literary thriller.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060936174 (0060936177)
Publish date: May 27th 2003
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 310
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.
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