The Portrait of Mrs.Charbuque

New York, 1893, and society portrait painter Piero Piambo feels his artistic ambition waning, even while he immortalizes the city's nouveaux riches in oil paints. But then he receives a bizarre and lucrative commission to paint the mysterious Mrs Charbuque. The catch is that he is not allowed to see her, and so Piambo sits before a screen as his sitter tells him of her life, dreams, and fears -- clues from which he must divine her visage.

As he works, a series of murders plagues the city -- deaths that at first seem accidental. And, as Piambo's masterpiece takes shape, his relationship with Mrs Charbuque grows ever more tangled while her deranged husband becomes hell-bent on some inexplicable vengeance.

Title - The Portrait of Mrs.Charbuque

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Author - Jeffrey Ford

ISBN 13 - 9781405006590

Imprint - Tor

Publisher - Pan Macmillan

Date Published - 16/05/2003

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 153 x 234 x 23mm

Weight - 454 g

Languages - English