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Overview
- Come to Light is three volumes of secrets, deceit, murder, and above all, a pursuit of whisky, art and books. Paul Madonna has taken No Reservations, The Goldfinch, and the classic detective novel, thrown them into a blender, and whipped up an addictive and memorable cocktail of a book.
- A quick-paced fiction murder mystery (Elmore Leonard style) full of memorable, eccentric characters.
- Not a graphic novel, rather an illustrated novel, with a museum quality package that is a portable and collectible keepsake.
- Of interest and the perfect gift for fans of: art; lit; noir; detective fiction; travel fiction; and mysteries.
- Author is very popular and has a devoted fan base who will be supportive of this new work. Paul's distinctive art can be seen on packaging and promos for popular brands like Tacolicious and Anchor Steam.
- Each volume works independently, and each volume’s art helps to tell the story and plunges the reader into the story in real time. The first volume’s art is sketches, the second’s is sketches of another artist’s sculptures, and the third’s art is finished drawings from the first volume, tying the stories together.
- Includes scenes in Lisbon, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, the South of France, and Amsterdam. Images unfold as we watch them being made—a new and interesting approach to the illustrated novel.
- Part of a growing series and a fictional “world” that will include serialization and numerous spinoff storylines.
- True historical events, as told to the author/artist, were woven into the story. These include: a landowner smuggling Jewish people out under the nose of the Germans, and of the landowner who was killed by locals for informing on him, and a story of the last days of Saigon, of the underground railroad to get south Vietnamese civilians visas into the states, as well as Ambassador Martin's being thrown onto a transport because he wouldn't leave.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781513263052 |
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| Publisher: | TURNER PUB CO |
| Publication date: | 10/06/2020 |
| Series: | Emit Hopper Mystery Series , #2 |
| Pages: | 522 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.25(w) x 8.88(h) x 1.62(d) |
About the Author
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"I was inspired to write this book because, of all the detectives in the ranks of great mystery fiction, I’d never come across one who was an artist.
Detective stories have always been my favorite genre and we all know that in a detective story the protagonist wants to solve the mystery—sometimes it’s for personal reasons, sometimes professional—and I loved the idea of having two stories play out at once: a mystery, and the story of an artist making work.
For myself, and for many creative people, life is inspiration. Be it natural beauty, events, or emotions, the experience of being alive informs the stories we tell, the music we compose, and the drawings we make. I loved the idea of an artist finding themselves in a complicated mystery, then having their art reflect their experience. This is the premise for Emit’s character. The art we see is not the art he set out to make, but the art the story events inspired—or more appropriately, provoked—him to make.
I created the book as a set of three volumes for a few reasons:
- I wanted the reader to have small, easy to handle objects to hold.
- Emit has a love for noir fiction. As he travels, Emit is consistently buying and reading paperbacks. I wanted the reader to feel that they were doing the same. By having several paperbacks, they too might take it with them to some foreign destination, and be able to have the same joy of reading on the road as Emit.
- And finally, I wanted each book to have its own visual aesthetic. One of the stories in Come to Light is the story of Emit’s drawings. In each volume he makes different work. Most notably in volume two, where all his drawings are of unique sculptures he finds in the posh Roman villa where he is being given refuge."
I hope you enjoy Emit's adventures and his art."