Double Image - Hardcover

Morrell, Wolfson Professor Of General Practice David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446519634 ISBN 13: 9780446519632

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

After a harrowing experience in Bosnia, war photographer Mitch Coltrane makes a vow. From now on, he will only take those pictures that celebrate life; that document hope instead of despair. Still, wartorn images continue to haunt him. He learns to shield himself by fixating on a beautiful woman in an old photograph. But slowly he grows obsessed. Who is she? He must know. And as Coltrane searches for answers, he falls hopelessly in love, forgetting that the past can sometimes intrude on the present, with terrifying consequences.

About this title

About the Author

David Morell was a professor of American literature at the University of Iowa.

From the Back Cover

After a harrowing experience in Bosnia, war photographer Mitch Coltrane makes a vow. From now on, he will take only those pictures that celebrate life and document hope instead of despair. Then the horrors of his previous assignment return to threaten him, and Coltrane must seek refuge from the present in the past. Having uncovered an old, uncaptioned photograph of a hauntingly beautiful woman, Coltrane sets out to discover who the woman was, and why her photo was hidden in the vault of a world-famous art photographer. Soon he finds himself hopelessly obsessed with the woman in the photograph and slipping into a maze of deception and treachery. Surrounded by illusions of the past and present, Coltrane now must fight for his life in the world capital of make-believe: a decadent and deadly L.A....

Edition details

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446519634
• ISBN 13: 9780446519632
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448