Summary
In 2006, the art world has moved far beyond sheep in formaldehyde and the most avant-garde movement is to use living people as artwork. Undergoing weeks of preparation to become ‘canvases’, the models are required to stay in their pose for ten to twelve hours a day and, as art pieces, they are also for sale. After being exhibited, the ‘canvases’ can be bought and taken to the purchaser’s home, where they are rented for weeks or months.
Many beautiful young men and women long to become…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349118833 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349118833 |
| Author: | Jose Carlos Somoza |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 201mm x 330mm |
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Critics Review
Chilly, clever and gripping by turns. - SUNDAY TIMES
Simply delicious. It stubbornly fails to be pigeon-holed: it is a dark thriller and more… This is an important novel which demands to be read- and heeded. - IRISH EXAMINERSomoza breathes originality, wit, satire, and suspense into a moribund genre. - GOOD BOOK GUIDEWonderfully aberrant ideas about humanity and aesthetics are spun out of this intriguing fiction… Somoza entices us along with shifts in tempo, offbeat aesthetic and pragmatic interrogations by the two detectives, and some crankily comic visions of the f - TLSJose Carlos Somoza
Jose Carlos Somoza is a doctor of medicine and a specialist in psychiatry. He has received, amongst others, the Cervantes Theatre Prize and the Cafe Gijon Prize. In 2000, DAFNE DESVANECIDA was shortlisted for the Nadal Prize.
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