Killing Commendatore A Novel

Description: The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best - selling author of 1 Q 84 In Killing Commendatore a thirty - something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell a two - foot - high physical manifestation of an Idea a dapper businessman who lives across the valley a precocious thirteen - year - old girl a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna a pit in the woods behind the artist's home and an underworld haunted by Double Metaphors. A tour de force of love and loneliness war and art as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby Killing Commendatore is a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.
Title: Killing Commendatore A Novel
Barcode: 9780525520047
Publication Date: 10/9/2018