The Brutal Art
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The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman - Good
This seemed to have such an unprepossessing start - I suspect because I'd enjoyed the previous book so much and it was a completely different genre & style and I, pretty much, put that down and picked this up. Two chapters/a couple of dozen pages in and I was already moaning online about it.
How wrong I was. So glad I persevered, by heading for my 50 page checkpoint as I really enjoyed this once I got into it.
New York in the 1990s and art dealer, Ethan Muller, comes across a cache of art in an apartment in a run down neighbourhood. Disturbing, yet brilliant, he displays some of the pieces and then things really begin as he tries to find the mysterious artist and solve a thirty year old mystery.
Interspersed with this, is the story of how his ancestors came to the USA, and how the family fared, until we get to the present day and see how the past impacted the future and all the threads are pulled together.
Glad I persevered and glad I have another by the author on Mount TBR. Will try and get to it soon.
This seemed to have such an unprepossessing start - I suspect because I'd enjoyed the previous book so much and it was a completely different genre & style and I, pretty much, put that down and picked this up. Two chapters/a couple of dozen pages in and I was already moaning online about it.
How wrong I was. So glad I persevered, by heading for my 50 page checkpoint as I really enjoyed this once I got into it.
New York in the 1990s and art dealer, Ethan Muller, comes across a cache of art in an apartment in a run down neighbourhood. Disturbing, yet brilliant, he displays some of the pieces and then things really begin as he tries to find the mysterious artist and solve a thirty year old mystery.
Interspersed with this, is the story of how his ancestors came to the USA, and how the family fared, until we get to the present day and see how the past impacted the future and all the threads are pulled together.
Glad I persevered and glad I have another by the author on Mount TBR. Will try and get to it soon.
Journal Entry 2 by Cassandra2020 at Hemma in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, July 20, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (7/20/2014 UTC) at Hemma in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I plan ‘releasing’ this book at the next Edinburgh Bookcrossing Meet-up. The Edinburgh BookCrossing meetings are held every 1st Thursday evening & 3rd Sunday afternoon of the month - we’re currently hosted by Hemma Bar, 75 Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh, EH8 8AU
Received from Chrys
Journal Entry 4 by weegie at -- Wild Released Somewhere In Edinburgh 🤷♂️ in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, June 29, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (6/30/2019 UTC) at -- Wild Released Somewhere In Edinburgh 🤷♂️ in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Crime novel
An interesting journey through a troubled family. Just a nice gentle read, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will seek out more books by this author. I will be leaving the book in the free library book sharing box in Portobello (Edinburgh).