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Join us to discuss "The Black Painting: A Novel" by Neil Olsen. The KMA Book Club meets every 4 months to review an inspiring piece of literature that relates our lives to artists, history, and culture! Contact Margo Clark, [email protected], for details.Free and open to the public!
ABOUT THE BOOK—
There are four cousins in the Morse family: perfect Kenny, the preppy West Coast lawyer; James, the shy but brilliant medical student; his seductive, hard-drinking sister Audrey; and Teresa, youngest and most fragile, haunted by the fear that she has inherited the madness that possessed her father.
Their grandfather summons them to his mansion at Owl’s Point. None of them have visited the family estate since they were children, when a prized painting disappeared: a self-portrait by Goya, rumored to cause madness or death upon viewing. Afterward, the family split apart amid the accusations and suspicions that followed its theft.
Any hope that their grandfather planned to make amends evaporates when Teresa arrives to find the old man dead, his horrified gaze pinned upon the spot where the painting once hung. As the family gathers and suspicions mount, Teresa hopes to find the reasons behind her grandfather’s death and the painting’s loss. But to do so, she must uncover ugly family secrets and confront those who would keep them hidden.
A masterful, deftly plotted novel, "The Black Painting" explores the profound power that art, and the past, hold over our lives.
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