{"product_id":"the-burnt-orange-heresy-9781419740459","title":"The Burnt Orange Heresy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA driven art critic's plan to steal a painting leads to murder in this classic neo-noir novel by the author of the Hoke Moseley series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything--blackmail, burglary, and beyond--to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous collector offers Figueras a career-making chance to interview Jacques Debierue, the greatest living--and most reclusive--artist, the critic must decide how far he will go to become the art-world celebrity he hungers to be. Will Figueras stop at the opportunity to skim some cream for himself or push beyond morality's limits to a bigger payoff?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrossing the art world with the underworld, \u003cb\u003eCharles Willeford\u003c\/b\u003e creates a novel of dark hue and high aesthetic polish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Burnt Orange Heresy\u003c\/i\u003e--the 1970s crime classic now back in print--has lost none of its savage delights as it re-creates the making of a murderer, calmly and with exquisite tension, while satirizing the workings of the art world as the ultimate con.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Burnt Orange Heresy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning . . . A novel full of genuine fun that also manages to make a level statement about the art world and its hermetic credulities.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Willeford\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-1988) was an American writer of fiction, poetry, autobiography, literary criticism, and 20 novels, best known for his Hoke Moseley series, including \u003ci\u003eMiami Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as such classics as \u003ci\u003eCockfighter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Chaser\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Burnt Orange Heresy\u003c\/i\u003e is now adapted into an upcoming film starring Claes Bang, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, and Mick Jagger. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525271490834,"sku":"9781419740459","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8418c5df-28f2-499d-a405-567c04e1e7b2.jpg?v=1731211610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-burnt-orange-heresy-9781419740459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}