The Supreme Orchestra
By: David Turgeon ; translated by Pablo Strauss
Contributors: Strauss, Pablo, translator
Edition: First English-language edition.
Publisher: Coach House Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781552453759
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Women artists; Art; Fiction; Art dealers; Spouses; Attempted murder; Diamonds; Collectors and collecting
Work titles: Simone au travail
Description: "A motley crew of characters deftly woven into a brilliant mashup of spy novel and art-world parody. We know how Simone met the man who will become, for a time, her fourth husband. We know what she does (artist), her friends (a veritable menagerie), her habits (frustrated homebody). What remains to be learned are the things she still doesn't fully understand herself, like her role in the affair of the Port Merveille diamond, also known as the Supreme Orchestra. This novel is many things at once: a geopolitical thriller, an art-world exposé, a digressive social study, a mischievous parody"--
Notes: Translation from the French of: Simone au travail.