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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
November 30, 2007
Pages
335
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393330663
ISBN-10
0393330664
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$22.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Imprisoned by the German army in France, a 1930s artist and espionage agent endures regular beatings and seeks to retain his sanity by minutely examining his life, which is marked by an alcoholic mother, work as an art forger to escape starvation, and rescue by a beautiful woman with whom he shared a failed relationship. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the '30s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders this one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship and the outbreak of war that propel him into the world of espionage.
"One of the best novelists since Jane Austen."âPhiladelphia Inquirer
The protagonist of this World War II novel is a prisoner of the German army in France. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examinationâone might almost call it a prosecutionâof his own life.Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the '30s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders this one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship and the outbreak of war that propel him into the world of espionage.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (October 4, 2006)
9780786289431 | details & prices | 503 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.42 lbs | List price $29.95
from W W Norton & Co Inc (April 1, 2006)
9780393061871 | details & prices | 335 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Imprisoned by the German army in France, an artist and espionage agent endures regular beatings and seeks to retain his sanity by minutely examining his life, which is marked by an alcoholic mother and work as an art forger to escape starvation.
About: Imprisoned by the German army in France, an artist and espionage agent endures regular beatings and seeks to retain his sanity by minutely examining his life, which is marked by an alcoholic mother and work as an art forger to escape starvation.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (November 30, 2007)
9780393330663 | details & prices | 335 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Imprisoned by the German army in France, a 1930s artist and espionage agent endures regular beatings and seeks to retain his sanity by minutely examining his life, which is marked by an alcoholic mother, work as an art forger to escape starvation, and rescue by a beautiful woman with whom he shared a failed relationship.
About: Imprisoned by the German army in France, a 1930s artist and espionage agent endures regular beatings and seeks to retain his sanity by minutely examining his life, which is marked by an alcoholic mother, work as an art forger to escape starvation, and rescue by a beautiful woman with whom he shared a failed relationship.
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