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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other formats:The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel
Synopses & ReviewsReview:"Add dangerously unstable characters speaking with delicious floridity, unexpected bursts of macabre humor and violence, and a gender-bending subplot that subtly picks up steam, and you have a standout literary thriller." Publishers Weekly Review:"[E]ccentrically satisfying....Ford's curious union of fantasy, science, mysticism and art is set in a Victorian Gotham that recalls an Edith Wharton novel, only with furtive, menacing shadows lurking behind the hansom cabs....The mystery of the plague-stricken victims and its connection to Mrs. Charbuque unfolds with suspense...but it's Ford's quirky characters, rather than the twists and turns of plot, that are the book's treasures....Many of Ford's scenes, especially those depicting Mrs. Charbuque's outlandish fables, are like surreptitious visits to a circus freak show, and Ford carefully uses Piambo's sense of wonder and humor to shift from the fantastical to the real....[Y]ou get the feeling that Ford is marveling, maybe giggling, at what's happening too, and just as entranced to not want it to end." Suzy Hansen, Salon.com About the AuthorJeffrey Ford is a professor of writing and early American literature at Brookdale Community College in New Jersey and the author of three previous novels: the award-winning New York Times Notable Book The Physiognomy, Memoranda, and The Beyond. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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