It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling
pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with
danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is
. . .
Sacre Bleu
In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and
shot himself. Or did he? Why would an artist at the height
of his creative powers attempt to take his own life . . .
and then walk a mile to a doctor's house for help? Who was
the crooked little "color man" Vincent had claimed was
stalking him across France? And why had the painter recently
become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue?
These are just a few of the questions confronting Vincent's
friends—baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec—who vow to discover the truth about
van Gogh's untimely death. Their quest will lead them on a
surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of
late nineteenth-century Paris.
Oh La La, quelle surprise, and zut alors! A delectable
confection of intrigue, passion, and art history—with cancan
girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good
measure—Sacre Bleu is another masterpiece of wit and wonder
from the one, the only, Christopher Moore.
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