ISBN-13: 9780142003367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str.
Ross King s delightful, Rabelaisian novel recounts the adventures of young George Cautley, an aspiring artist who, as he makes his way through London s high society, finds that nothing is as it seems and everyone wears a disguise. Moving from masquerade balls in London to the magnificent and mysterious opera houses of Venice, Cautley is drawn into a web of intrigue and murder spun by the seductive and tempestuous Lady Beauclair. Suspenseful, menacing, and laced with black humor, King s picaresque tale is full of surprisesand suspense, told at the pace of a thriller and with the richness of a restored painting."