{"product_id":"andromeda-graphika-robert-brace-9781737319238","title":"Andromeda Graphika","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Pygmalionesque transformation, but in reverse: from woman into work of art.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreelance journalist Andromeda Chamberlain is offered an assignment: find out what became of a teenage runaway, Margot Vaughn, ten years after the girl went missing. The offer is made not by an editor but a lawyer, one whose client's identity remains confidential. The terms, although generous, come with some strange conditions, including the requirement that she wear a Tiffany collar for the duration of the assignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndromeda discovers that soon after leaving home Margot appeared in an obscure French art-house film, a reenactment of the Dionysian rites as depicted on the walls of the Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii, and the result was a movie as vivid as the murals that inspired them. The trail leads to LA and the Mulholland Drive mansion of the distributor, then the production offices in Paris and the Loire Valley \u003cem\u003ech穰eau\u003c\/em\u003e that was used as the setting for the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe key to uncovering what became of Margot Vaughn lies with the film's director, Orlando Gidding, notoriously demanding and megalomaniacal, unknown at the time of Margot's movie but now famous - or infamous, depending on your point of view. He is currently holed up in his lair in Venice, completing the editing of his latest movie, a film based on the Faust legend and by far the most ambitious and costly of his works. Gidding is about to enter it into competition at Cannes, and he has no intention of allowing Andromeda's discovery that he once made a graphic film with an underage star to spoil his chances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conflict comes to a head among the ruins of Rothermore Abbey, located on a rocky crag off the coast of Scotland, and the Gothic setting of Gidding's \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of transformation, \u003cem\u003eAndromeda Graphika\u003c\/em\u003e tells the tale of a woman's metamorphosis: part dark ritual; part depraved rite; part dreamlike revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.RobertBraceAuthor.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Brace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737319233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737319238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Brace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Booklife Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2022","brand":"Robert Brace","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046935163135,"sku":"9781737319238","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_719adc58-6c23-4f98-9f09-db6fe6ec7a14.jpg?v=1684987332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/andromeda-graphika-robert-brace-9781737319238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}