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Description for The Blade Artist
Paperback. Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. Some say he's a fake and a con man, while others see him as a genuine visionary. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. When he crosses the Atlantic to ... Read more
Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. Some say he's a fake and a con man, while others see him as a genuine visionary. But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. When he crosses the Atlantic to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
202g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784700553
SKU
V9781784700553
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.
Reviews for The Blade Artist
Back to his violent best... Dark, gruesome and captivating.
Sam Parker
Esquire
It's a thriller in the mode of Tarantino making war films or westerns; hiding grand themes within genre.
Alan Bett
Skinny
Intense, electrifying... Welsh has delivered a tremendously entertaining book - a whodunit, a thriller, and a probing ... Read more
Sam Parker
Esquire
It's a thriller in the mode of Tarantino making war films or westerns; hiding grand themes within genre.
Alan Bett
Skinny
Intense, electrifying... Welsh has delivered a tremendously entertaining book - a whodunit, a thriller, and a probing ... Read more