The Burnt Orange HeresyA new paperback edition of the neo-noir novel book critics have called Willeford's best. Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing art critic Jacques Figueras will do anything - blackmail, burglary, fencing, assassination - to further his career. Crossing the art world with the underworld, Willeford expands his noir palette to include hues of sunny Florida and weird tints of Surrealism when Figueras takes a job for an art collector who doesn't care how his art is collected, even if it involves murder. |
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User Review - datrappert - LibraryThingNot one of my favorite Willeford books. The art world background just seems like so much satire that I had a hard time as I read through the first few chapters believing Willeford wrote it - but I ... Read full review
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User Review - Hagelstein - LibraryThingOriginally published in 1971, this story of art, ambition and crime by one of the first writers of Florida noir moves along smoothly and delivers a great plot. Willeford's knowledge of art informs the ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Burnt Orange Heresy |
| Author | Charles Ray Willeford |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Carroll & Graf, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0786706686, 9780786706686 |
| Length | 144 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General |
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