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The Burnt Orange Heresy

Charles Willeford

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing art critic Jacques Figueras will do anything - blackmail, burglary, fencing, assassination - to further his career. Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford expands his noir palette to include hues of sunny Florida and weird tints of Surrealism when Figueras takes a job for an art collector who doesn't care how his art is collected, even if it involves murder.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carroll & Graf

Release: December 20, 1999

ISBN: 0786706686

ISBN 13: 9780786706686

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Charles Willeford

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing art critic Jacques Figueras will do anything - blackmail, burglary, fencing, assassination - to further his career. Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford expands his noir palette to include hues of sunny Florida and weird tints of Surrealism when Figueras takes a job for an art collector who doesn't care how his art is collected, even if it involves murder.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carroll & Graf

Release: December 20, 1999

ISBN: 0786706686

ISBN 13: 9780786706686

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