Fiction

To begin with, I had just watched an amazing DVD, Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film about the life of Vincent van Gogh. An hour later I opened Sacre Bleu and found quotes from Vincent and one of his self portraits. Quelle coincidence! I have always been fascinated by van Gogh and his art so I knew I was onto something good. This is a book about art and other artists who were van Gogh’s contemporaries and things that might well have transpired among them, back in the day. It’s also full of images and details of masterpieces interspersed throughout the narrative. An absolute delight to read and look at. It’s also a typical Moore novel, full of wit and demonry.

Then, after reading it, I found this terrific website, loaded with art and photographs and tales of Christopher’s experiences while writing the book. Highly recommended. https://guide.sacrebleu.info/