James Wilson

The Dark Clue (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"A luscious Victorian thriller" that takes its cue from Wilkie Collins's gothic masterpiece, The Woman in White ( The New York Times Book Review). Walter Hartright and his sister-in-law Marian have been commissioned to write the definitive biography of the great Romantic landscape artist J. M. W. Turner, one of the boldest and most elusive geniuses of his age. But the only way to draw such a mysterious life out of the shadows is to venture into them themselves. The more Walter and Marian discover about Turner-the depraved company he kept, the sordid places he frequented, and his mysterious link to an unspeakable act-the more difficult it becomes for Walter and Marian to escape the pull of Turner's dangerous influences, both past and present. Hailed by the Independent as "devilishly clever," James Wilson's epistolary literary thriller weds the characters from one of the best-known sensation novels of the nineteenth century with real historical figures of the era. For readers "seeking a dark tangled tale for an agreeably stormy night, The Dark Clue just might be the solution" ( The Boston Globe).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grove Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780802197474
• Artikelnr.: 38241350

Autorenporträt

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "a luscious Victorian thriller" that "sends two characters from Wilkie Collins's 1860s novel [The Woman in White] on a brilliant literary mission," James Wilson's The Dark Clue is as stylishly inventive as the oil paintings of J. M. W. Turner, the elusive genius who lies at the thriller's heart. Sheltered, upright Walter Hartright is commissioned to write a biography of England's great Romantic landscape artist. When he discovers the "dark clue" hidden deep within Turner's paintings, he becomes eerily obsessed with reconstructing a life that is shrouded in mystery and steeped in rumor. To do so, he seeks help from a Dickensian assemblage of the lowest and highest elements of society, from John Ruskin to the tawdry women of the dockside brothels. Soon enough, he uncovers evidence of unspeakable depravity, but can it be believed? Acclaimed historian James Wilson's debut novel offers a "compelling vision of the mean streets of London," a "marvelous period-piece mystery" whose "vivid evocation of Turner's paintings -- the brooding colors and dark clues -- will haunt the reader" (Helen Parramore, Tampa Tribune). "[Wilson's] descriptions ... are as luminous, majestic, and mysterious as Turner's finest paintings; you may read them in awe." -- The Washington Post Book World "Irresistibly flavorful ... Wilson keeps a firm grip on our attention." -- Bruce Allen, The Boston Globe "Evocative and sophisticated ... Wilson's exacting, detailed descriptions of Victorian England ... make for vivid storytelling." -- Publishers Weekly