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The selection for the November 8 “Art of Reading book club”!
Two former best friends—once celebrated art critics—are reunited after decades of silence. When one summons the other to his deathbed with a cryptic nine-page email, the journey to Berlin becomes a reckoning: with their shared obsession over Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer, with the masterpiece Saint Sebastian’s Abyss that made their careers, and with the betrayal that tore them apart.
Darkly funny and deeply moving, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss is a meditation on art, obsession, and the strange endurance of friendship. Set against the great museums of Europe, this novel explores how a single work of art can define lives—and undo them.
Perfect for readers who love:
Literary fiction about art and artists
Stories of rivalry, redemption, and forgiveness
Dark humor with philosophical depth
Paperback
16 pages
11 in stock
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The selection for the November 8 “Art of Reading book club”!
Two former best friends—once celebrated art critics—are reunited after decades of silence. When one summons the other to his deathbed with a cryptic nine-page email, the journey to Berlin becomes a reckoning: with their shared obsession over Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer, with the masterpiece Saint Sebastian’s Abyss that made their careers, and with the betrayal that tore them apart.
Darkly funny and deeply moving, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss is a meditation on art, obsession, and the strange endurance of friendship. Set against the great museums of Europe, this novel explores how a single work of art can define lives—and undo them.
Perfect for readers who love:
Literary fiction about art and artists
Stories of rivalry, redemption, and forgiveness
Dark humor with philosophical depth
Paperback
16 pages
