The Portrait Of Mrs Charbuque

Jeffrey Ford
2003

Pre-loved
Good condition
Texter mark on edge of pages on the bottom (when book is closed)

In 19th-century New York, a gifted portraitist named Piero Piambo is offered a strange commission: to paint a woman he is never allowed to see. Confined to a room and required to capture her likeness solely through conversation, Piero is drawn into the enigmatic world of Mrs. Charbuque—a woman with a chilling past and an eerie obsession with divine purpose. As the city reels from a series of bizarre deaths, Piero becomes increasingly obsessed with his mysterious subject. Reality begins to blur with fiction as he uncovers disturbing truths that challenge both his artistry and sanity. The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque is a haunting, atmospheric novel that weaves mystery, philosophy, and the surreal into a hypnotic tale of obsession and identity.