The Brutal Art

The Brutal Art

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers
Paperback Published on: 29/12/2008
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The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
This book started off so well, with an interesting and unusual dark plot that gripped you and wouldn't let go, but then it just did not live up to it's pro... READ MORE
Karolina Duskova at City Uni

Synopsis

Ethan Muller is struggling to establish his reputation as a dealer in the cut-throat world of contemporary art when he is alerted to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: in a decaying New York slum, an elderly tenant has disappeared, leaving behind a staggeringly large trove of original drawings and paintings. Nobody can tell Ethan much about the old man, except that he came and went in solitude for nearly forty years, his genius hidden and unacknowledged. Despite the fact that, strictly speaking, the artwork doesn't belong to him, Ethan takes the challenge and makes a name for the old man - and himself. Soon Ethan has to congratulate himself on his own genius: for storytelling and salesmanship. But suddenly the police are interested in talking to him. It seems that the missing artist had a nasty past, and the drawings hanging in the Muller Gallery have begun to look a lot less like art and a lot more like evidence. Sucked into an investigation four decades cold, Ethan will uncover a secret legacy of shame and death, one that will touch horrifyingly close to home - and leave him fearing for his own life.

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780751540284
  • Number of pages: 416
  • Weight: 294g
  • Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 27 mm

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The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I loved it. I loved the start, the middle, especially the end. It was just so sad. I look fo... READ MORE
Mary Hayward
The Brutal Art
Compelling
Despite the other reviewers' opinions I enjoyed this book. It is an easy read with an interesting plot. There is a message in the central premis of the sto... READ MORE
Nocturnal bibliophile
The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
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Alexander Goicoechea Jeffries
The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
The Synopsis makes this book sound more exciting than it actually is. It started off well and the story is an interesting one but I found the end a bit dis... READ MORE
C. Peake
The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
A real "page turner" working out the interconnections of the well written (if somewhat convoluted) plot kept me interested until the end!
Roger Matthews
The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
The cover is the most exciting part of this book!Starts well but that is it.
Fiona Sharp
The Brutal Art
The Brutal Art
Original but hardly compelling.This book is very difficult for me to discuss, as I am still not sure whether I like it or not. At times the writing is grea... READ MORE
Lance Mitchell