Richard Temple
The protagonist of this World War II novel is a prisoner of the German army in France. In order to keep himself sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, Richard Temple conducts a minute examination-one might almost call it a prosecution-of his own life.Temple escapes from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, the one thing of value he has to his name. His life as a painter in London of the '30s is cruelly deprived. In order to eat, he squanders this one asset by becoming a forger of art, specializing in minor works by Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautifu…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-33066-3
- EAN: 9780393330663
- Produktnummer: 2974484
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 335 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.1 cm 281 g
- Gewicht: 281
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One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
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