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The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque 

by

Jeffrey Ford

The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque

(2002)
A novel by

Jeffrey Ford

Awards
World Fantasy (nominee)
 


A fable, a nightmare, a vision, a mystery -- superbly rich imaginative fiction at its best. New York, 1893, and society portrait painter Piero Piambo feels his artistic ambition waning, even while he immortalizes the city's nouveaux riches in oil paints. But then he receives a bizarre and lucrative commission, to paint the mysterious Mrs Charbuque. The catch is that he is not allowed to see her, and so Piambo sits before a screen as his sitter tells him of her life, dreams, and fears -- clues from which he must divine her visage. As he works, a series of murders plagues the city -- deaths that at first seem accidental. And, as Piambo's masterpiece takes shape, his relationship with Mrs Charbuque grows ever more tangled...while her deranged husband becomes hellbent on some inexplicable vengeance.
 
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Hardback Editions

December 2003 : Library Binding
Cover of ISBN: 0613683757Title: Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
ISBN: 0-613-68375-7 / 978-0-613-68375-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: San Val
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June 2002 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0066211263Title: The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
ISBN: 0-06-621126-3 / 978-0-06-621126-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: William Morrow
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April 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 033041318XTitle: The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
ISBN: 0-330-41318-X / 978-0-330-41318-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Tor
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June 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060936177Title: The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
ISBN: 0-06-093617-7 / 978-0-06-093617-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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May 2003 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1405006595Title: The Portrait of Mrs.Charbuque
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
ISBN: 1-4050-0659-5 / 978-1-4050-0659-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Tor
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2002 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OEZDXQTitle: THE PORTRAIT OF MRS. CHARBUQUE
Author(s): Jeffrey. Ford
Publisher: William Morrow
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January 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001P2UVAGTitle: The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
Author(s): Jeffrey Ford
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
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