The Burnt Orange Heresy - by Charles Willeford (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff?"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The classic neo-noir novel acclaimed as Willeford's best, soon to be a major film</b> <p/> Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff? <p/> Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford creates a novel of dark hue and high aesthetic polish<i>. The Burnt Orange Heresy</i>--the 1970s crime classic now back in print--has lost none of its savage delights as it re-creates the making of a murderer, calmly and with exquisite tension, while satirizing the workings of the art world as the ultimate con. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Charles Willeford</b> (1919-1988) was an American writer of fiction, poetry, autobiography, literary criticism, and 20 novels, best known for his Hoke Moseley series, including <i>Miami Blues</i>, as well as such classics as <i>Cockfighter</i> and <i>The Woman Chaser</i>. <i>The Burnt Orange Heresy</i> is now adapted into an upcoming film starring Claes Bang, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, and Mick Jagger. <br>
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