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An Exquisite Corpse
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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Murder is a work of art... When the acclaimed Cuban painter Wifredo Lam turns up dead in his Greenwich Village studio, officers Juanita Diaz and Brian Fitzgerald of the NYPD, must investigate the crime. But what they find is much more gruesome than they ever could have imagined. Suspicion soon falls on a tight-knit circle of Surrealist refugees who fled Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II, and Diaz and Fitzgerald must traverse the city, from Chinatown's underworld to Spanish Harlem's gangland, to find the truth. Did one of the artists' bizarre parlor games turn deadly? Or is there something even more sinister afoot? "Smart, witty, filled with so much history of the period, beautifully written, and suspenseful."Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Death Artist
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Liz_M
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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I‘m not a fan of “whodunit“ books and I suspect this is an even more plodding example than usual. In many places the author mistakes a list of facts/directions as plot. Written over years, it began as a series of anecdotes. There are too many ideas, none fleshed out properly. Despite this, it's not an entirely bad book. I did enjoy the 1940s NYC setting, the name dropping of the many artists, the multi-narrator structure, and the central mystery.

Liz_M 2⭐ @TheAromaofBooks this is my January #DoubleSpin 2y
vivastory When I saw you were reading Exquisite Corpse in a previous post, for a moment I thought it might be the Poppy Z. Brite book. ☠️🤣 2y
IndoorDame That‘s an exquisite sunset 🌅 2y
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
BarbaraBB That picture 😍😍😍 2y
Liz_M @IndoorDame @Barbarabb The only advantage to running errands after work 😁 2y
Liz_M @vivastory Now THAT would be out of my comfort zone.🤣 I wonder if the title had the same source: a game played by Surrealist artists 2y
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kspenmoll
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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Snacking on the porch with hubby. We both have our books. Soft breeze, blue skies with scattered clouds. It‘s 4:45 so the sun is lowing in the sky. Sunset not until 7:32pm! #porchlife

BarbaraBB Looks lovely 🤍 3y
tokorowilliamwallace More porch pics, please! 3y
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kspenmoll
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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My first day reading in my porch. Sunny, warm, soft breeze #porchlife

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kspenmoll
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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#epigraph #parlorgame #equisitecorpse #refugees #surrealistartists #GreenwichVillage #1943

Does this game become deadly? I cannot wait to find out- the intersection of WWII, art, NY, & murder intrigues me.

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kspenmoll
An Exquisite Corpse | Helen A. Harrison
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#coffeeandbooks #CapeCodRead #UmbrellaBooks #Chatham
Just got blood work drawn, so treating myself!