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'''Paint, Gold and Blood''' is a 1989 suspense novel by the British mystery and thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]], published by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] in | '''Paint, Gold and Blood''' is a 1989 suspense novel by the British mystery and thriller writer [[Michael Gilbert]], published in England by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] and in the United States by [[Harper & Row]]. It was Gilbert's 25th novel and.... | ||
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Paint, Gold and Blood is a 1989 suspense novel by the British mystery and thriller writer Michael Gilbert, published in England by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Harper & Row. It was Gilbert's 25th novel and....
Plot
Unlike many of Gilbert's novels, which have plots within plots and apparently disparate themes that eventually merge together, The Family Tomb is a straightforward suspense story involving only members of the British colony in Florence, a wealthy Etruscan professor who excavates and sells ancient art objects, Italian police and judiciary officials, assorted politicians and lawyers, sympathetic Italian working-class people, and two sinister Mafia figures.
Reception and/or Appraisal
The New York Times and Kirkus Reviews had very different appraisals of it:
The New York Times: [1]
Kirkus Reviews: .[2]