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Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art (P.S.)by Christopher Moore
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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is... Sacre Bleu
In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. Or did he? Why would an artist at the height of his creative powers attempt to take his own life... and then walk a mile to a doctor's house for help? Who was the crooked little "color man" Vincent had claimed was stalking him across France? And why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue? These are just a few of the questions confronting Vincent's friends — baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec — who vow to discover the truth about van Gogh's untimely death. Their quest will lead them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late nineteenth-century Paris. Oh la la, quelle surprise, and zut alors! A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history — with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure — Sacre Bleu is another masterpiece of wit and wonder from the one, the only, Christopher Moore. Review:"[H]ilarious, educational, and original....[I]t is difficult to put the book down, for there are astonishing new developments on every page." BookPage
Review:"If there's a funnier writer out there, step forward." Playboy
Review:"An instant classic...terrific, funny and poignant. Rocky Mountain News
Review:"Mingling comedy and mystery, Moore crafts an intricate story that teases the reader with numerous twists and bawdy humor....[T]his is an imaginative and amusing look at the Impressionist era, and Moore's prose is fresh and engaging." Booklist
Review:"Moore has produced eight books that deftly blend surreal, occult and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture. Powered by engines of the abnormal and unlikely, his tales feature eccentric lowlifes who find their desperate existences hilariously remade by intrusions from other spheres." Washington Post Book World
Review:"Moore's humor is, as ever, sweetly juvenile, but his arty comedy also captures the courage and rebellion of the Impressionists with an exultant joie de vivre." Kirkus Reviews
Review:"[A]surprisingly complex novel full of love, death, art, and mystery....Don't let Moore's quirky characters and bawdy language fool you. His writing has depth, and his peculiar take on the impressionists will reel you in...this is a worthy read." Library Journal (starred review)
Review:"Art history is playfully — and perilously — rewrtitten in this ambitious novel...fans of Moore's mix of wit and slapstick will be pleased." Publishers Weekly
Review:"Can Moore find the funny in gloomy Van Gogh? If anybody can-can, count on Moore." USA Today
Review:"Captivating....Those familiar with Moore's work will love this rich story, which is full of gleefully anachronistic behavior and language — often pun-based — coming from artists we ordinarily revere." Houston Chronicle
Review:"Sacré Bleu is a consistently compelling blend of love story, mystery, and 'what if?' art history lesson." Entertainment Weekly
Review:"[A] marvelous, tongue-in-cheek, mythical explanation of the artistic urge... brought vividly to life." The Oregonian
Review:"The true joy in Sacré Bleu stems from Moore's writing....His writing contains the rare combination of poetry and humor; where one moment you find yourself rereading a passage for its sublime imagery, and the next, you are grinning over a well-placed wisecrack...an excellent novel." Dallas News
Review:"[A]nother exceedingly bizarre, often raucous, and consistently delightful journey into the sweetly demented mind of novelist Christopher Moore." Philadelphia Inquirer
Review:"Sacre Bleu is big fun." St. Paul Pioneer Press
Review:"Christopher Moore's new novel blends diligently researched art history smoothly with his fevered, fiendish imagination." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Synopsis:Absolutely nothing is sacred to Christopher Moore. The phenomenally popular, New York Times bestselling satirist whom the Atlanta Journal-Constitution calls, "Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination" has already lampooned Shakespeare, San Francisco vampires, marine biologists, Death...even Jesus Christ and Santa Claus! Now, in his latest masterpiece, Sacre Bleu, the immortal Moore takes on the Great French Masters. A magnificent "Comedy d'Art" from the author of Lamb, Fool, and Bite Me, Moore's Sacre Bleu is part mystery, part history (sort of), part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young baker-painter as he joins the dapper Henri Toulouse-Lautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed "suicide" of Vincent van Gogh.
About the AuthorChristopher Moore is the author of twelve previous novels: Practical Demonkeeping, Coyote Blue, Bloodsucking Fiends, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Lamb, Fluke, The Stupidest Angel, A Dirty Job, You Suck, Fool, and Bite Me. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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