The Burnt Orange Heresy
Charles Willeford
The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, 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 morality's 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--the 1970s crime classic now back in print--has 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. Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Charles WillefordPublisher: Overlook PressPublished: 03/03/2020ISBN: 9781419740459Pages: 176Weight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
Book Title
The Burnt Orange Heresy
ISBN
9781419740459
The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, 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 morality's 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--the 1970s crime classic now back in print--has 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781419740459
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781419740459
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, 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 morality's 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--the 1970s crime classic now back in print--has 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781419740459
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Charles Willeford
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781419740459
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d