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Portrait of MRS Charbuque

by Jeffrey Ford

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"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

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"[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
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About the Author

Jeffrey 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.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780066211268
Subtitle:
A Novel
Author:
Ford, Jeffrey
Publisher:
William Morrow
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
New York
Subject:
Serial murderers
Subject:
Portrait painters
Copyright:
2002
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Series Volume:
102
Publication Date:
June 2002
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
9.30x6.30x1.05 in. 1.25 lbs.
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Product details 320 pages HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS - English 9780066211268 Reviews:
"Review" by , "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."
"Review" by , "[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."
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