A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty...
- ISBN10 1846681340
- ISBN13 9781846681349
- Publish Date 9 October 2008 (first published 11 October 2007)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 September 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Profile Books Ltd
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English