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Joseph Hone
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Ben Contini, a disenchanted painter of considerable talent, has
just buried his mother. Rifling through the attic of her Kilkenny
house he stumbles across a Modigliani nude, worth millions.
Determined to learn the provenance of the painting, he and Elsa, a
disturbed and secretive woman who accosts him at the funeral,
become embroiled in the sinister world of Nazi art theft. But they
are not the only one with an interest in the painting. Together
they set off on a frantic journey that leads them from Dublin to
France via the Cotswolds, down the Canal du Midi into Italy. The
intrigue surrounding the shadowy half-truths about their exotic
families becomes increasingly sinister as Ben and Elsa are forced
to confront their pasts and their buried demons. Set in the 1980s,
this is a fantastic new book from established thriller writer
Joseph Hone, who weaves a breathless, galloping intrigue packed
with narrative twists and sumptuous evocations of Europe's
forgotten past.
Joseph Hone's The Paris Trap, first published in 1977, saw him step
aside from his sequence of 'Peter Marlow' novels to offer a
different kind of political thriller. Jim Hackett and Harry Tyson
first met in Paris, in days of hope - Hackett a promising actor,
Tyson a budding writer. Twenty years later, their dreams soured,
they are reunited in Paris for a substantive project: Hackett, now
a movie actor, has been cast in a major film derived from a spy
novel authored by Tyson, who now works for British intelligence.
But the plot of the film, concerning a Palestinian terrorist cell,
is about to be overtaken in the dramatic stakes by real events. 'A
fine example of a vastly popular genre - the thinking man's
thriller.' Irish Times 'Through a distorting filter of betrayals,
private and public, Joseph Hone conducts us to a final scene so
dire that Hamlet by comparison leaves the stage tidy.' Guardian
'Joseph Hone went to Zaire for the BBC. His aim was a series of
talks about crossing Africa from coast to coast, as Stanley had
done. That intention began, and ended, in Kinshasha... Having
fallen in love in boyhood with the idea of Africa, he had looked
for 'great liberating spaces', and found himself in a city from
which there was no escape without a private plane.' Guardian 'For
those who like to read, in comfort, about uncomfortable journeys,
frightful hotels, dreadful meals, and broken-down capitals, I
strongly recommend Children of the Country. The section on
Kinshasha, in particular, is both alarming and hilarious.' Richard
Cobb, Spectactor 'Books of the Year' 'A darkly coloured personal
odyssey.... Hone hopes to achieve some kind of perspective on his
unraveling marriage here in the landscape of his boyhood
fantasies... His ability to articulate his own reactions to the
landscape, combined with his precise notation of detail, lend his
narrative freshness and vitality.' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 'A remarkable achievement'
Spectator In the summer of 1705, a masked woman knocked on the door
of a London printer's workshop. She did not leave her name, only a
package and the promise of protection. Soon after, an anonymous
pamphlet was quietly distributed in the backstreets of the city.
Entitled The Memorial of the Church of England, the argument it
proposed threatened to topple the government. Fearing insurrection,
parliament was in turmoil and government minister Robert Harley
launched a hunt for all of those involved. The printer was
eventually named, but could not be found... In this breakneck
political adventure, Joseph Hone shows us a nation in crisis
through the story of a single incendiary document. 'An elegant
blend of scholarship and detection' Peter Moore, author of
Endeavour 'Enthralling' London Review of Books 'An exciting story
told with vigour' Adrian Tinniswood, Literary Review
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
A discovery in his mother's attic leads a painter into the dark
world of underground art dealings
Since childhood, Ben Contini has been enchanted by nudes. The first
painting ever to move him was a Modigliani, a portrait of a naked
and beautiful reclining woman. Though it scandalized his mother at
the time, it inspired him to become an artist; he specializes in
portraits but paints nudes whenever he can. Only when his mother
dies does Ben realize why Modigliani upset her so much: She had one
hidden in her attic. It is the most beautiful painting he has ever
seen, but he has no idea how the widow of an Italian refugee could
have come upon it. With the help of a mysterious Austrian woman who
appears at his mother's funeral, Ben discovers the painting's
connection to the art thieves of Nazi Germany. The beautiful nude
has made a strange journey to the Contini attic, and there are men
who would kill to cover her up.
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