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The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque : A Novel
The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque A Novel
Author: Jeffrey Ford
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 h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060936174
ISBN-10: 0060936177
Publication Date: 6/1/2003
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Lovely imagery, droll, the author helpfully points out the artist-narrators egotism with self-deprecation. The ending's a mite predictable but perhaps we readers are just jaded. A nice read and a lot of name-dropping of famous 1890s New York folks that we should know but are just glad that Ford did the research instead of us.


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