The Man in the Red Coat
€16.50
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781529112313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Barnes |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.448 |
| Publishing Date | 03/06/2021 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €15.57 |
| Tax | €0.93 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €16.50 |
| Availability | 8 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS 2020*
''A bravura performance, highly entertaining'' Evening Standard
The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days'' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent''s greatest portraits. The commoner was Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, pioneer gynaecologist and free-thinker - a scientific man with a famously complicated private life.
Pozzi''s life played out against the backdrop of the Parisian Belle Epoque. The beautiful age of glamour and pleasure more often showed its ugly side: hysterical, narcissistic, decadent and violent, with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2019**