A brutal killer, inspired by the Belgian artist Paul Delvaux, leaves each of his victims posed as if in a painting. Meanwhile cult film director Johnny Vos is making a low-budget biopic about the same artist. He hires women from Antwerp's red light district and from an internet voyeur house as extras in order to recreate the poses of Delvaux's famous sleepwalking nudes. When two prostitutes end up murdered, English film critic Frank Warner, in town to interview Vos, turns investigative journalist and becomes personally involved when his own girlfriend goes missing. In the search for the killer, everyone is implicated. Simultaneously macabre and erotic, Antwerp is a literary thriller which will not release you until its final page has turned.
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"'A gory but erotic thriller... This is a chilling and exhilarating read' Observer 'Beautifully written... a mesmerising blend of surrealism, satire and thriller... a fictional answer to the strangest art-house noir' Independent 'Antwerp is lit expressionistically, with a palette that combines the vulgar neons of the city's red light district with a silver nitrate glow. Cinema-going has clearly equipped Royle with a keen understanding of the mechanics of voyeurism, and he repays the debt by imitating the grammar of cinema' Independent on Sunday"
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Nicholas Royle was born in Manchester in 1963. He is the author of four novels, including The Director's Cut (Abacus, 2000) and more than 100 short stories, which have appeared in a variety of anthologies and magazines. He has edited eleven anthologies including A Book of Two Halves (Phoenix) and The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories (Penguin). He lives in Manchester with his wife and two children.
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The day Johnny Vos first laid hands on a woman's body started out like any other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Johnny Vos, Van Rensbergen, Centraal Station, Daughters of Darkness, Diamond Quarter, Jan Spitzner, New York, Paul Delvaux, Spitzner Museum, Diamond Bourse, Frank Warner, Joachim Stiller, Lemaire Institute, Leopold De Waelplaats, Orson Welles, Bonaparte Dock, Lange Nieuwstraat, Sint Jozefstraat, Sleeping Venus, Venus Asleep, Eline Vere, Flooded Land of Saeftinge, Grote Markt, Hatton Garden, King Baudouin Monument New!
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The day Johnny Vos first laid hands on a woman's body started out like any other. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Johnny Vos, Van Rensbergen, Centraal Station, Daughters of Darkness, Diamond Quarter, Jan Spitzner, New York, Paul Delvaux, Spitzner Museum, Diamond Bourse, Frank Warner, Joachim Stiller, Lemaire Institute, Leopold De Waelplaats, Orson Welles, Bonaparte Dock, Lange Nieuwstraat, Sint Jozefstraat, Sleeping Venus, Venus Asleep, Eline Vere, Flooded Land of Saeftinge, Grote Markt, Hatton Garden, King Baudouin Monument New!
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This book cites 4
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- Paul Delvaux: Surrealizing the Nude (Reaktion Books - Essays in Art and Culture) by David Scott in Back Matter
- Split Screen: Belgian Cinema and Cultural Identity (Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video) by Philip Mosley in Back Matter
- Surrealism: Desire Unbound by Vincent Gille in Back Matter
- Rogier Van Der Weyden by Dirk De Vos on page 270
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