Sacre Bleu: a Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore

I'm a big Christopher Moore fan, but I wouldn't have guessed "impressionist art history" as his next book topic. Still, he makes an interesting story out of the painterly facts.

Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard grew up around his father's friends -- Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Cezanne. Now Lucien, with his friend Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, are questioning the circumstances surrounding their fellow painter Vincent Van Gogh's apparent suicide. The best painters in the art work of late 19th century Paris seemed to be plagued by troubles and haunted by a particularly strange salesman of pigments, and a very captivating woman in blue.

Sacre Bleu is Moore at his strange, fantastic, witty and sarcastic best - bringing history alive through quirky characterizations, mystical mystery and hilarious dialogue. The blue text started to freak me out -- I was watching over my shoulder for the Colorman. Gorgeous illustrations with witty captions were a visual treat!

Sacre Bleu: a Comedy d'Art by Christopher Moore

Lissa Staley

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Lissa Staley is a familiar face around the library and throughout Topeka. As Community Connections librarian, she comes alongside people and organizations while they work to learn, experiment and improve their own lives and the community around them. From Library Trivia and NaNoWrimo to voter education and non-profit support, she enjoys helping people make connections to the community and each other. She reads a combination of speculative and science fiction novels, self-help and social justice, and local news, while trying to make sense of them all together.

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