So Much Blue: A Novel
by Percival Everett /
2017 / English / EPUB
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A new high point for a master novelist, an emotionally charged
reckoning with art, marriage, and the past
A new high point for a master novelist, an emotionally charged
reckoning with art, marriage, and the past
Kevin Pace is working on a painting that he won’t allow anyone to
see: not his children; not his best friend, Richard; not even his
wife, Linda. The painting is a canvas of twelve feet by
twenty-one feet (and three inches) that is covered entirely in
shades of blue. It may be his masterpiece or it may not; he
doesn’t know or, more accurately, doesn’t care.
Kevin Pace is working on a painting that he won’t allow anyone to
see: not his children; not his best friend, Richard; not even his
wife, Linda. The painting is a canvas of twelve feet by
twenty-one feet (and three inches) that is covered entirely in
shades of blue. It may be his masterpiece or it may not; he
doesn’t know or, more accurately, doesn’t care.
What Kevin does care about are the events of the past. Ten years
ago he had an affair with a young watercolorist in Paris. Kevin
relates this event with a dispassionate air, even a bit of
puzzlement. It’s not clear to him why he had the affair, but he
can’t let it go. In the more distant past of the late seventies,
Kevin and Richard traveled to El Salvador on the verge of war to
retrieve Richard’s drug-dealing brother, who had gone missing
without explanation. As the events of the past intersect with the
present, Kevin struggles to justify the sacrifices he’s made for
his art and the secrets he’s kept from his wife.
What Kevin does care about are the events of the past. Ten years
ago he had an affair with a young watercolorist in Paris. Kevin
relates this event with a dispassionate air, even a bit of
puzzlement. It’s not clear to him why he had the affair, but he
can’t let it go. In the more distant past of the late seventies,
Kevin and Richard traveled to El Salvador on the verge of war to
retrieve Richard’s drug-dealing brother, who had gone missing
without explanation. As the events of the past intersect with the
present, Kevin struggles to justify the sacrifices he’s made for
his art and the secrets he’s kept from his wife.So Much Blue
So Much Blue features Percival Everett at his best, and
his deadpan humor and insightful commentary about the artistic
life culminate in a brilliantly readable new novel.
features Percival Everett at his best, and
his deadpan humor and insightful commentary about the artistic
life culminate in a brilliantly readable new novel.