The Portrait
by Iain Pears
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0007202776
- ISBN 13
- 9780007202775
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HarperPerennial, Great Britain, 2005. Softcover. Good Condition. A dark and disturbing novel of suspense, set at the turn of the 20th century, by the bestselling author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. The windswept isle of Houat, off the coast of Brittany, is no picturesque artists' colony. At the turn of the twentieth century, life is harsh and rustic. So why did Henry MacAlpine forsake London - where he had been feted by critics and gallery owners, his works exhibited alongside the likes of Cezanne and Van Gogh - to make his home in this remote outpost? The truth begins to emerge when, four years into his exile, MacAlpine receives his first visitor. Influential art critic William Naysmith has come to the island to sit for a portrait. Over the course of the sitting, the power balance between the two men shifts dramatically as the critic whose pen could anoint or destroy careers becomes a passive subject. And as the painter struggles to capture Nasmith's true character on canvas, a story unfolds - one of betrayal, hypocrisy, forbidden love, suicide and ultimately murder. The Portrait is a darkly atmospheric, psychologically complex, macabre and chilling novel from a master storyteller. 211 pages. Light tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0007202776. ISBN/EAN: 9780007202775. Inventory No: 239793. . 9780007202775
Synopsis
Iain Pears is the author of the New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost and the national bestseller The Dream of Scipio , as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects. He lives in Oxford, England.
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 239793
- Title
- The Portrait
- Author
- Iain Pears
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007202776
- ISBN 13
- 9780007202775
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0007202776 EAN: 9780007202775 Iain Pears The Portrait
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