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THE ARTIST'S WIDOW opens in Mayfair gallery at the private view of the last paintings of John Crane, where we meet Lyris Crane, the artist's widow and a painter in her own right. Also present are several other key players in the drama, all of whom are drawn to Lyris for a variety of reasons and motives. There is Nathan Pursey, a boorish young conceptual artist on the make, Clovis Ingram, a bookseller who is involved with Candy, the rejected mistress of a Tory MP who has just lost his seat, and Zoe, a beautiful television film-maker. An incident on his way home proves Clovis capable of an act of cowardice that will haunt him always. Nathan sets off a train of events with a maudlin late-night phone call to Jackee, a sad white rastafarian whom he dumped a while ago. This is a story of the good, the bad and the untalented where the intricate and often funny narrative explores the nature of the artistic impulse as well as guilt and the possibility of redemption.
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About the Author:
Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh. She is the author of two novellas, three collections of short stories and seven novels. Her novel Dunedin and the collection of short stories, The Laughing Academy, both won Scottish Arts Council Book Awards and the bestselling Orchard On Fire was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize and the McVitie’s Prize. She lives in London.
Synopsis:
From the author of THE ORCHARD ON FIRE, a novel set in London and New York. As a storm rages, four apparently unrelated events occur: a woman resolves to find a long-lost friend; a married couple have to take refuge with their despised neighbours; a case of mistaken identity leads to a sexual liaison; and the discovery of a body goes unreported.
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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0753160250
- ISBN 13 9780753160251
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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