Sacre Bleu A Comedy D'Art |
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Author:
| Moore, Christopher |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-177975-6 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2013 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. Or did he
Vincent's friends, baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, have their doubts. Now they're determined to answer the questions surrounding van Gogh's untimely death-like who was the crooked little "color man" Vincent claimed was stalking him across France . . . and why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue Ooh la la, quelle...
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In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. Or did he
Vincent's friends, baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, have their doubts. Now they're determined to answer the questions surrounding van Gogh's untimely death-like who was the crooked little "color man" Vincent claimed was stalking him across France . . . and why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue Ooh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors, what follows is a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris, as the one, the only, Christopher Moore cooks up a delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history . . . with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure.