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From their childhood, Jack Rathbone has enjoyed the adoration of his sister Gin. When both attend art school in London, it is a painful wrench for Gin to watch Jack fall under the spell of Vera Savage, an older, flamboyant artist. Jack and Vera run off to New York within weeks and, from a bruised and bereft distance, sister Gin follows the couple's progress to Port Mungo, a river town in the swamps of the Gulf of Honduras. There, Jack devotes himself to his art, while Vera succumbs to infidelity and a chronic restlessness, which even the birth of two daughters cannot subdue.
In his spellbinding narrative, Patrick McGrath tracks these individuals across decades and continents- the latter-day Gaugin figure Jack, his buccaneering mate Vera and their two girls, Peg and Anna, cast adrift in their parents' chaos -as observed by Gin, their far from detached chronicler.
In his spellbinding narrative, Patrick McGrath tracks these individuals across decades and continents- the latter-day Gaugin figure Jack, his buccaneering mate Vera and their two girls, Peg and Anna, cast adrift in their parents' chaos -as observed by Gin, their far from detached chronicler.
| ISBN-13 | 9780747574156 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0747574154 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.08 x 0.67 x 7.72 In |
| List Price | $10.12 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Published On | 2005-05-01 |
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