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The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio''A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives ... Feel the force of Caravaggio''s cutting edge'' GuardianWritten in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style ... it is full of energy'' TelegraphM is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness.Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it.

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'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives...Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' * Guardian *
‘Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style, M is an abrasive, flawed, idiosyncratic book, but it is full of energy' * Daily Telegraph *
'A grand passion ... Wonderful art criticism' * Allison Pearson *
'A terrific book, a fantastically easy read' * Tony Parsons *

M The Caravaggio Enigma

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 18 July 2011
      ISBN-13 9781408819890
      978-1408819890
      ISBN-10 1408819899

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio''A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives ... Feel the force of Caravaggio''s cutting edge'' GuardianWritten in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style ... it is full of energy'' TelegraphM is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness.Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it.

      Trade Review
      'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives...Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' * Guardian *
      ‘Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style, M is an abrasive, flawed, idiosyncratic book, but it is full of energy' * Daily Telegraph *
      'A grand passion ... Wonderful art criticism' * Allison Pearson *
      'A terrific book, a fantastically easy read' * Tony Parsons *

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