William Morrow
October 2012
On Sale: October 9, 2012
403 pages ISBN: 006177975X EAN: 9780061779756 Kindle: B005UD1GQY Trade Size / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
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
. . .
Sacré 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 là là, 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—SACRÉ
BLEU is another masterpiece of wit and wonder from the
one, the only, Christopher Moore.