{"product_id":"i-carravagio-9781955904759","title":"I, Carravagio","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe famous bi-sexual libertine who would be more at home on Tinder than at a Roman Cathedral, gallivants through the streets like brush strokes to become a Baroque 16th century icon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1604 and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is a superstar, his blockbuster paintings packing the pews of Rome. Caravaggio should be reveling in prosperity, but the artistic trailblazer and nefarious street-brawler is his own worst enemy. While the genius paints masterpieces, the ruffian in him can’t stay out of jail. Caravaggio is a man at existential odds with himself until falling in love with Lena Antognetti, the prostitute modeling his newest Virgin pictures. Caravaggio paints Lena into a life of wealth and celebrity, but the power couple’s provocative fame earns them a horde of resentful and jealous enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI, Caravaggio\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes the superstar’s psychological unraveling under the sexual and political pressures of the Catholic Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI, Caravaggio\u003c\/i\u003e is a trip, is an erudite hoot, is art and lust and immortality and loss: this book is a fucking party.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kathe Koja, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cipher\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDark Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“Volpe's outrageously inventive novel recreates Caravaggio and early modern Rome with a post-modern spin, all the while asking shockwave questions: Who is art really for, the masses or ourselves? Are we our own Gods? Whiplash smart, this novel did what the best books do: it changed the way I see not just Caravaggio, but the world.” \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePictures of You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWith or Without You\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “What a talent Eugenio Volpe is! One of the freshest new voices around, I always look forward to reading his work!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ann Hood, best-selling author of\u003ci\u003e The Obituary Writer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Thread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI, Caravaggio\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking portrait of the artist with all the dirt, swashbuckling, violence and reverence Caravaggio himself would crave. It pulsates with wit and pathos while shedding a raking light on the themes of the corrupting power of patronage, the myth of genius and the redemptive power of art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLorraine Tosiello, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bee and the Fly the Improbable Correspondence of Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnly Gossip Prospers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clash Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360301089111,"sku":"9781955904759","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781955904759.jpg?v=1754127270","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-carravagio-9781955904759","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}