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A winding road

From the troubled genius of Vincent Van Gogh to the wartime birch forests of Ukraine, from the scintillating labyrinths of contemporary art and commerce to a mother's desperate journey across Germany into the teeth of the Red Army, this novel examines madness and creativity, love and destruction, the painting of a picture and the lust to own.

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  • "From the troubled genius of Vincent Van Gogh to the wartime birch forests of Ukraine, from the scintillating labyrinths of contemporary art and commerce to a mother's desperate journey across Germany into the teeth of the Red Army, this novel examines madness and creativity, love and destruction, the painting of a picture and the lust to own."@en
  • "Spring 2008. The art world is awash with money. The celebrated art mogul and 'adviser' Piers Guest has a client list which includes the wealthiest of individual collectors and an international merchant bank. A newly discovered masterpiece leads him away from his gallivanting through London¡s galleries and cafes, and takes him onto altogether different terrain ... 1933. Under the shadow of the Nazi party, Helga and Ernst Mann bring a disabled child into the world. While Ernst drifts near the baleful influence of the Third Reich, Helga is determined to keep her child safe. 1890. In Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent Van Gogh lives out his last days. Tormented by illness and regret, he takes up his brush, and paints the picture that will draw many disparate lives together."
  • "Spring 2008. The art world is awash with money, the Piers Guest is getting his share. Celebrated art mogul, critic, impresario and adviser with a client list ranging from wealthy collectory to an International merchant bank, he is a bona fide member of the glitterati. One lost masterpiece, three epochs and countless lives."

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  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Large type books"

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  • "A Winding Road"
  • "A winding road"@en
  • "A winding road"

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