Death and Restoration by Iain Pears
Clever and witty art history-mystery featuring scholar and sleuth Jonathon Argyll, from the author of the bestselling masterpiece An Instance of the Fingerpost.Praise for ‘Death and Restoration’:
‘Pears’s tremendous affection for Rome comes through strongly in the book, making the city one of the most engaging characters’ Sunday Times
‘Iain Pears writes delightfully witty, elegant, well-informed crime novels’ The Times
‘You don’t have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears’s Italian mysteriesLike a good teacher he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit.’ Val McDermid
Praise for 'The Portrait':
'A wonderful, grimly entertaining novel.' Sunday Telegraph
'A revenge fantasy to relish.' Independent on Sunday
'Genuinely creepy.' The Times
'An exquisite miniature that explores the roles of artist and critic with wit and gore.' Evening Standard
'This is an atmospheric tour de force of historical writing, as it is of narrative skill.' Independent
'Taut, disturbing…full of interesting observations about the late nineteenth – and early twentieth-century art world…mesmerising.' Spectator
Iain Pears is a journalist and art historian. After several years working for Reuters, he went to Yale University to complete his book, The Discovery of Painting, which was published by Yale University Press in 1988. He now lives in Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007229215 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007229216 |
| Title | Death and Restoration |
| Author | Iain Pears |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2007-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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