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A mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist:Continue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque By Jeffrey Ford
How can a painter create a portrait of a model he never actually sees? That question is at the center of Jeffrey Ford's fascinating new novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque. Set like Caleb Carr's The Alienist in 1890s New York, Ford's book is a mast ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 320 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0060936177
- ISBN-13: 9780060936174
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Pub date: Jun 01, 2003
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and School & Library Binding
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Vaguery 
The faceless muse
The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford 310pp, Macmillan, £10.99 In The Physiognomy, which won the 1998 World Fantasy Award, Jeffrey Ford offered the Well-Built City, dreamed into existence by a sinister genius; like Alan Wall's The Lightning C ... (read full critics)