{"product_id":"sacre-bleu-a-comedy-dart-paperback","title":"Sacre Bleu: A Comedy d'Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Carl Hiassen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Moore's novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If there's a funnier writer out there, step forward.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsolutely nothing is sacred to Christopher Moore. The phenomenally popular, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling satirist whom the \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eSacr  Bleu\u003c\/em\u003e, the immortal Moore takes on the Great French Masters. A magnificent \"Comedy d'Art\" from the author of \u003cem\u003eLamb\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFool\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBite Me\u003c\/em\u003e, Moore's \u003cem\u003eSacr  Bleu\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. \u003cem\u003eOr did he?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent's friends, baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, have their doubts. Now they're determined to answer the questions surrounding van Gogh's untimely death--like who was the crooked little \"color man\" Vincent claimed was stalking him across France . . . and why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue?\u003cem\u003e Ooh la la\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003equelle surprise\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ezut alors\u003c\/em\u003e, what follows is a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris, as the one, the only, Christopher Moore cooks up a delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history . . . with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. \u003cem\u003eOr did he?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent's friends, baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, have their doubts. Now they're determined to answer the questions surrounding van Gogh's untimely death--like who was the crooked little \"color man\" Vincent claimed was stalking him across France . . . and why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue?\u003cem\u003e Ooh la la\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003equelle surprise\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ezut alors\u003c\/em\u003e, what follows is a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late-nineteenth-century Paris, as the one, the only, Christopher Moore cooks up a delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history . . . with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine French cognac thrown in for good measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.01 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753450307872,"sku":"9780061779756","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cbe21b48e10091733c12faba5c40292c.webp?v=1780020799","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sacre-bleu-a-comedy-dart-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}