{"product_id":"tante-brutus-paperback","title":"Tante Brutus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Halliday\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Stewart, best-selling author of 'Driving over Lemons, ' \"an exquisitely crafted novella\" -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main protagonist comes on stage immediately in the opening lines... Ana Anderssen, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor of History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tug-of-war continues in France, at Champigny-sur-Veude, a village in Indre-et-Loire, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome fifty kilometres from Tours, the setting for the dramatic arrival of chain-smoking Ana, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGilles' guest at the family chateau in order to do research on Chaïm Soutine who was given\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erefuge in the area during WW2. For lovers of France, this rural setting in the 1960s is a dream, with a Citroen DS, Camel cigarettes, ashtrays with the Ricard motif.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Halliday is a brilliant raconteur who skilfully interweaves fact and fiction in a very\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProustian manner, espionage, sexual encounters, art history, treachery, malice, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, Lolly, Trinity College Cambridge, and the world of art dealers. Dialogue is forever witty, sarcastic and authentic, indeed hilarious, with never a dull moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book within a book. Like Marcel Proust, the Narrator is engaged in writing the book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat he decides to publish at the end 'a novella called Tante Brutus' under the new name of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Halliday!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Gamble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover art Alan Halliday, drawing of a woman in ink and gouache, 1972\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51774746624288,"sku":"9781800169159","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/febebb313230c2f7fce2d14ae949303c.webp?v=1780454370","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tante-brutus-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}