Hugo Whittier-failed poet and former kept man-is a wily misanthrope with a taste for whiskey, women, and his own cooking. Afflicted with a rare disease that will be fatal unless he quits smoking, Hugo retreats to his once aristocratic...

National Bestseller and Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Oscar Feldman, the renowned figurative painter, has passed away. As his obituary notes, Oscar is survived by his wife, Abigail, their son, Ethan, and his sister, the...

"The Great Man" von Kate Christensen ist ein Roman, der sich um das Leben und das Vermächtnis des fiktiven Malers Oscar Feldman dreht. Nach seinem Tod versuchen zwei Biografen, die Wahrheit über sein Leben und seine Kunst aufzudecken....