โ Scribed by Charles Willeford
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willefordโs best, soon to be a major film
Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anythingโblackmail, burglary, and beyondโto make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest livingโand most reclusiveโartist, 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 moralityโs 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 Heresy*โthe 1970s crime classic now back in printโhas 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 ultimate con.
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