Lorsqu'Ethan Müller, gallery owner, put his hand on a series of drawings of exceptional quality, he knows he will finally able to make a name in the ruthless world of art dealers. Their mysterious author, Victor Crack, disappeared, body and soul, having lived nearly forty years a recluse in New York in a shabby apartment. Once the designs are made public, the critics were unanimous: this is the work of a genius. Mechanics goes wrong on the day a retired cop recognizes some portraits on the faces of children who, years earlier, a mysterious serial killer. Ethan then embarks on an investigation that will soon turn into an obsession. This is the beginning of a downward spiral to the drama and the dramatic turn of events final worthy of the greatest thrillers. Far from the usual thrillers calibrated, Jesse Kellerman, peerless stylist, offers us a novel of undeniable literary quality that, coupled with a Machiavellian plot, place the book at the outset of the greatest achievements of the genre, such Mystic River, Dennis Lehane, or The Analyst by John Katzenbach.
I would not put this book to the status of stroke heart because, although he was a very pleasant reading, it lacked that little something that is breathtaking, and gives it a special aura.
The first pages are nicely put in place is a bit slow, but still there this little thing that "allows me to continue." Enough lives then drive back into the heart of the matter, and soon enough I began to guess: since the middle of the book, I said something like there is here is where it happens. From page 303, I suspected it a number of things that were true at the end of the book. It's a little suspense permeable certainly miss this book.
We're in New York, the action takes place after the attacks of 11/09, in the midst of contemporary art dealers. And the discovery of a large number of drawings that will change the life of Ethan gallery of his work.
I liked the construction of this novel, I finally find it difficult to define the genre. It consists of 22 chapters entrenched in the news of our characters, interspersed with interludes of 8 which are actually flashbacks to the genealogy of a family of emigrants arrived in New York from Europe in the 1800s. And it during these preludes that the reader will gradually become acquainted with Müller, and their progeny. A uniquely American story, or how poor Europeans arrived penniless in New York and will make a fortune, not without leaving behind them a few pots?
And it is precisely the pots, which interest us here ... ..
Jesse Kellerman-Sonatine-472 pages
Jesse Kellerman was born in 1978. He is the son of writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman. Faces is his first novel published in France.
Challenge 26 authors livres/26 4 / 26 [K]
Challenge New York .............. and yes the action takes place
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