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So one day Moore is sitting in a museum looking at old French paintings, and thinking about how Van Gogh killed himself, and he thinks to himself, what if there was an actual supernatural being, a muse say, who was influencing all of these guys. She'd have to be a really beautiful woman. But that's not interesting...so what if she also has a vulgar little man a la Rumpelstiltskin who is part of the story...oh yes, and remember how it seems likely that ancient peoples had no word for blue? What i
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Knowing that I enjoy art and mysteries, my brother recommended this book to me. It was just what I needed after finishing The Dinner. I thought the author did an excellent job of making the Impressionist painters and other historical figures seem believable and true to the image I had of them based on previously studying their lives and works. I was able to envision many of the paintings described in the book since I was familiar with many of them -- I count many of the Impressionists among my f
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Moore is always entertaining, and no exception here. But in this case he's also educative, or a conduit to education anyway. I found myself reading this book with wikipedia handy, looking up artists and paintings and locations from the French Impressionist era. The plot went haywire at times, but this book was never boring, always interesting, and in many cases, beautiful, just like its subject.
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Funny, engaging, and cute.
Jul 17, 2012
Kate
marked it as to-read
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Jillian
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it was amazing
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Mar 10, 2016
Kaitlyn
marked it as to-read
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Christine
marked it as tbr-already-own-the-book
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