A delectable confection of intrigue, passion, and art history with cancan girls, baguettes, and fine french cognac thrown in for good measure sacre bleu is another masterpiece of wit and wonder from the one, the only, christopher moore. In this landmark book, seven stories press presents a powerful collection of literary. I do love cobalt and ultramarine blue, but would never have thought so deeply about sacre bleu without bad old christopher moores book, sacre bleu. A comedy dart is heavy on the blue and the art, but light on the comedy.
A comedy dart by moore, christopher and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This book, like other christopher moore books goes beyond your normal novel. Its christopher moore, author guy, here youll find all kinds of goofy. Apr 03, 2012 now, in his latest masterpiece, sacre bleu, the immortal moore takes on the great french masters. I highly recommend it, but not for those with delicate sensibilities. A comedy dart by christopher moore april 25, 2012 4 comments i have mostly been able to follow christopher moore into his craziness with success. I love christopher moore s books, and sacre bleu did not disappoint. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sacre bleu. A magnificent comedy dart from the author of lamb, fool, and bite me, moore s sacre bleu is part mystery, part history sort of, part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young bakerpainter as he joins the dapper henri toulouselautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery. The expression sacre blue is a french curse meant as a cry of anger or surprise. Of his early stuff ive read practical demonkeeping and the lust lizard of melancholy cove, and while i found those two books amusing i also thought they were shallow and amateurish. Christopher moore is a very talented supernatural comic novelist, but hes maddeningly hitormiss. Moore takes a fictional young painter, lucien lessard and places him smack in the midst of a group of famous latenineteenth century painters. I found it up to his usual foulmouthed, irreverent, brilliant standards.
But in english, using sacre bleu as a marker of token frenchnesslike thin mustaches, berets, and baguettesis still au courant. Now, in his latest masterpiece, sacre bleu, the immortal moore takes on the great french masters. Written to be accessible to junior readers, this provides just enough biographical detail but is not exhaustive and is. Feb 03, 2019 btw, you should know that the french expression sacrebleu is used to convey surprise, exasperation, or dismay. Apr 10, 2012 moore s work has tended to fall into what one critic called the zonkedout comic horror category, but sacre bleu is different.
Lets call it a historical comedy, with an emphasis. The pine cove books its christmas in pine cove and someone just killed santa with a shovel, but the angel has been sent to perform a christmas miracle. Its a grim yet very comedic work of dark fantasy inspired by raw strangeness and starring inept yet well meaning douchebag and his love interest, hypercompetent and snarky yet vulnerable babe. Where to download sacre bleu a comedy dart dombooks. When christopher moore goes on book tour, he adds one more step. Christopher moore is the author of the novels secondhand souls, sacre bleu, a dirty job, and lamb. An only child, moore learned to amuse himself with his imagination. Sacre bleu means sacred blue, the name given to a certain shade of blue used by artists during medieval times when the church said, if youre. Author christopher moores new novel sacre bleu begins and ends with a meditation on the color blue and in between sends the great.
A magnificent comedy dart from the author of lamb, fool, and bite me, moores sacre bleu is part mystery, part history sort of, part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young baker painter as he joins the dapper henri toulouselautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed suicide of vincent van gogh. Sacre bleu by christopher moore author autographed hardcover book first edition, first printing, mint, newunread pictorial hardcover book with a half jacket, signed by the author. What he ended up with is a surprisingly complex novel full of love, death, art, and mystery. Lovely color see more ideas about christopher moore, lovely colors, ultramarine. Condition fine isbn 10 0061779741 isbn 9780061779749 seller. Shes also, as youd expect in a christopher moore novel, a smartass. What was a surprise, and sort of tough, was that i spent almost four hundred pages in a dirty job getting this whole mythology up in the air, and.
Carl hiassen a magnificent comedy dart from the author of lamb, fool, and bite me, moore s sacre bleu is part mystery, part history sort of, part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young bakerpainter as he joins the dapper henri. The novel is both witty and smart while taking you on a journey through history and art. The book is set in the art scene of 19th century paris, a fascinating time for. I was indeed surprised by how much i loved this book. Christopher moore s new novel blends diligently researched art history smoothly with his fevered, fiendish imagination. May 22, 2012 sacre bleu is a bit of a departure for christopher moore, though its hard to put my finger on why. Sacre bleu means sacred blue, the name given to a certain shade of blue used by artists during medieval times when the church said, if youre going to paint the virgins cloak, it must be with this blue. The moulin rouge and the city of light, by robert burleigh have this available to peruse while you read sacre bleu the large format of this book means reproductions of paintings and prints on a sumptuous scale, in addition to photographs of the artists and their milieu. Christopher moore is an american writer of comic fantasy. Apr 03, 2012 i have read pretty much every novel by christopher moore, but somehow i missed sacre bleu.
Sacre bleu by christopher moore book cover with paint set beautiful. Christopher moore ceases to fail at creating a novel that is both intriguing, smart, and without delay hilarious. Sacre bleu by christopher moore signed first edition from. Sacre bleu by moore christopher, first edition, signed abebooks. Sacre bleu by christopher moore signed first edition. A novel, all his books take place in the same universe. Sacre bleu by christopher moore broken boiler books. It now ranks aside, if not atop fluke, lamb and a dirty job, my favourite moores. Christopher moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word. He grew up in mansfield, ohio, and attended ohio state university and brooks institute of photography in santa barbara, california.
You suck set out to write a book about the color blue. For instance, in 2012, mystery author christopher moore published sacre bleu. A magnificent comedy dart from the author of lamb, fool, and bite me, moores sacre bleu is part mystery, part history sort of, part love story, and wholly. Moore did a ton of impressive research for this book. I even wrote the entire manuscript of bite me while i was researching sacre bleu.
Nov 12, 2012 if you look at his entire canon, i am a lukewarm christopher moore fan. In medieval times, the church said that if you are going to portray the virgin marys cloak, it has to be in a certain shade of blue. Christopher moore is a very talented supernatural comic novelist, but hes. He loved reading as a child, and his father brought him plenty of books back from the library every week. The book is set in the art scene of 19th century paris, a fascinating time for the art world. From author christopher moore comes a love story, the portrait of a young artist, the portrait of the young artists myterious girlfriend, a thriller, and a comedy all about the color blue provided by publisher. I love this book all caps and three exclamation marks. Feb 10, 2012 it all goes back to moore s first national book tour in 1997, promoting his fourth novel, island of the sequined love nun morrow. Every artist of this era makes an appearance in sacre bleu, mr. Sacre bleu begins with the murder of vincent van gogh. A comedy dart, the story of artist henri toulouselautrec on his investigation of the death of his friend vincent van gogh.
Milwaukee journal sentinel on sacre bleu another exceedingly bizarre, often raucous, and consistently delightful journey into the sweetly demented mind of novelist christopher moore. Sacre bleu means sacred blue, the name given to a certain shade of blue. But that doesnt mean there wasnt more to learn, and in the case of painting, more to see, and thus, ive created this guide. Sacre bleu by moore christopher, first edition, signed. I learned a fair amount about paris and artists although with a liberal dose of literary license thrown in, and cracked up regularly. Sacre bleu means sacred blue, the name given to a certain shade of. Art history is playfullyand perilouslyrewritten in this ambitious novel by bestseller moore bite me. This is a story about the color blue, and like blue, theres nothing true about it. Sacre bleu book saint paul public library bibliocommons. With the possible exceptions of fool, the serpent of venice, sacre bleu, and shakespeare for squirrels. A city girl with a new thirst for life but no instruction book and a boy from the midwest looking to find his fortune, and maybe a girlfriend who wont eat him. Jan 17, 2018 i do love cobalt and ultramarine blue, but would never have thought so deeply about sacre bleu without bad old christopher moore s book, sacre bleu. A magnificent comedy dart from the author of lamb, fool, and bite me, moores sacre bleu is part mystery, part history sort of, part love story, and wholly hilarious as it follows a young bakerpainter as he joins the dapper henri toulouselautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed suicide of vincent van gogh. I keep this book on my nightstand and also have a copy for my kindle.
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