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More than sixty years after Levette Asmore, a talented young artist committed suicide after destroying his most famous work, a controversial mural, journalist Jack Charbonnet and art restorer Rhys Goudeau discover that the painter may not have destroyed the infamous painting and match wits with greedy rivals to find the priceless work of art.
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"Deftly mixes history, mystery and a little romance with serious questions of race and identity. . . . Entertaining . . . . Provocative and illuminating." --"The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Compelling, complex characters doing interesting things while working through important emotional and philosophical issues--this is the stuff of genuine literature. . . . The narrative flows rich and smooth as chicory coffee at a Vieux Carre cafe." --"Booklist
""[M]asterfully ties together fact and fiction, imagined artists and real, to create an understanding of Southern art in the 1930s and 1940s, and the society that art reflects." --"Richmond Times-Dispatch
""Mr. Bradley brings clarity and a measured lyricism to the writing of fiction." --"The New York Times Book Review
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Compelling, complex characters doing interesting things while working through important emotional and philosophical issues--this is the stuff of genuine literature. . . . The narrative flows rich and smooth as chicory coffee at a Vieux Carre cafe." --"Booklist
""[M]asterfully ties together fact and fiction, imagined artists and real, to create an understanding of Southern art in the 1930s and 1940s, and the society that art reflects." --"Richmond Times-Dispatch
""Mr. Bradley brings clarity and a measured lyricism to the writing of fiction." --"The New York Times Book Review
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JOHN ED BRADLEY is the author of several highly praised novels, including Tupelo Nights and My Juliet. A former staff writer for the Washington Post, Bradley has contributed e feature stories to Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and GQ. He lives at historic Coliseum Square in New Orleans' Lower Garden District.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0385502613
- ISBN 13 9780385502610
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages308
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