Pegasus Books
March 2019
On Sale: March 12, 2019
288 pages ISBN: 1643130358 EAN: 9781643130354 Kindle: B071HY9T33 Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
In his brilliant follow-up to In Sunlight or In
Shadow, Lawrence Block has gathered together the best
talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology as
inventive as it is alluring, including Joyce Carol Oates,
Lee Child, Michael Connelly, David Morrell, and Jeffery
Deaver.
Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from
In Sunlight or In Shadow, a question arose. What
would he do for an encore?
Any number of artists have produced evocative work,
paintings that could trigger a literary response. But none
came to mind who could equal Hopper in turning out canvas
after canvas. If no single artist could take Hopper’s place,
how about a full palette of them? Suppose each author was
invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of
visual art—From the cave drawings at Lascaux to a
contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely
dried.
And what a dazzling response! Joyce Carol Oates picked
Le Beaux Jours by Balthus. Warren Moore chose
Salvador Dali’s The Pharmacist of Ampurdam Seeking
Absolutely Nothing. Michael Connelly, who sent Harry
Bosch to Chicago for a close look at Nighthawks,
has a go at The Garden of Earthly Delights by
Harry’s namesake Hieronymous Bosch. S. J. Rozan finds a
story in Hokusai’s The Great Wave, while Jeffery
Deaver’s "A Significant Find” draws its inspiration
from—yes—those prehistoric cave drawings at Lascaux. And
Kristine Kathryn Rusch moves from painting to sculpture and
selects Rodin.
In artists ranging from Art Frahm and Norman Rockwell to
René Magritte and Clifford Still, the impressive concept
goes on to include Thomas Pluck, Sarah Weinman, David
Morrell, Craig Ferguson, Joe R. Lansdale, Jill D. Block,
Justin Scott, Jonathan Santlofer, Gail Levin, Nicholas
Christopher, and Lee Child, with each story accompanied in
color by the work of art that inspired it.
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