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Ross King's delightful, Rabelaisian novel recounts the adventures of young George Cautley, an aspiring artist who, as he makes his way through London's high society, finds that nothing is as it seems and everyone wears a disguise. Moving from masquerade balls in London to the magnificent and mysterious opera houses of Venice, Cautley is drawn into a web of intrigue and murder spun by the seductive and tempestuous Lady Beauclair. Suspenseful, menacing, and laced with black humor, King's picaresque tale is full of surprisesand suspense, told at the pace of a thriller and with the richness of a restored painting.
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"A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller."
aOutlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masqueradesathese are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross Kingas "Domino,"a ("The New York Times Book Review") aA rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller.a ("Orlando Sentinel")
Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King s "Domino". ("The New York Times Book Review") A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller. ("Orlando Sentinel")
?Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades?these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King's "Domino".? ("The New York Times Book Review") A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller.? ("Orlando Sentinel")
"Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades--these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King's Domino." --The New York Times Book Review
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aOutlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masqueradesathese are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross Kingas "Domino,"a ("The New York Times Book Review") aA rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller.a ("Orlando Sentinel")
Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King s "Domino". ("The New York Times Book Review") A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller. ("Orlando Sentinel")
?Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades?these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King's "Domino".? ("The New York Times Book Review") A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller.? ("Orlando Sentinel")
"Outlandish hats and hairstyles, towering wigs, gender-blurring masquerades--these are among the numerous excellent reasons to pick up Ross King's Domino." --The New York Times Book Review
"A rich brocade of a novel . . . A coming-of-age tale, a comedy of manners, a witty, penetrating and occasionally dark satire, as well as a thriller." --Orlando Sentinel
'Delivers a seamless coup. It has the pace of a thriller and black humour slivered with superb menace...be sure to read it' - Spectator
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- PublisherMinerva
- Publication date2099
- ISBN 10 074938641X
- ISBN 13 9780749386412
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages439
- IllustratorLawrence John
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