Book description
'The best novel I have read for ages. My heart was constantly in my throat as I read . . . There is so much to enjoy, to contemplate, to wonder at, and to be lost in' Stephen Fry
'Meticulous and atmospheric . . . delicious unease and pervasive threat…
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1 author picked Tiepolo Blue as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I bought this novel without knowing anything about it, simply because I love books set in Cambridge. It's 1994 and Professor Don Lamb is an art historian at a fictional college I envisaged as Peterhouse, researching the painted skies of the Venetian master Tiepolo. From the first page the quality of the writing drew me in to this strange tale which sees poor Lamb slaughtered at every turn. Brilliant academic he may be, but he is woefully lacking in life experience or the ability to read others' motives. He is a misguided as much as an unreliable narrator. His new…
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