The swan thieves : a novel /
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Co.,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. |
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| Physical Description: | 564 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780316065788 0316065781 |