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Bezig met laden... The Burnt Orange Heresy (1971)door Charles Willeford
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Classic. Read in the 80s. Gift from Elizabeth I believe. ( ) An art critic gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interview the world's most famous and reclusive artist, but the catch is that he has to steal one of the man's paintings for an obsessive collector. This novel reminded me a lot of Pick-up, the other Willeford novel I've read; the loner narrator who's kind of a loser (one an artist/alcoholic, the other an art critic/failed artist), involved with a woman who kind of drives him crazy, and things get out of control, leading to Not one of my favorite Willeford books. The art world background just seems like so much satire that I had a hard time as I read through the first few chapters believing Willeford wrote it - but I guess the man could write pretty much whatever he wanted to. You'll probably figure out the key part of the story long before the "secret" is revealed, and after that point, the book is a real downer - unlike a lot of his other books, which are enjoyable downers. Originally published in 1971, this story of art, ambition and crime by one of the first writers of Florida noir moves along smoothly and delivers a great plot. Willeford's knowledge of art informs the story throughout and his characters are perfectly formed, especially the art critic, James Figueras. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anythingâ??blackmail, burglary, and beyondâ??to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest livingâ??and most reclusiveâ??artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff? Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford creates a novel of dark hue and high aesthetic polish. The Burnt Orange Heresyâ??the 1970s crime classic now back in printâ??has lost none of its savage delights as it re-creates the making of a murderer, calmly and with exquisite tension, while satirizing the workings of the art world as the ul Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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