The Medici Boy by John L’Heureux
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Blurb: L’Heureux transports the reader to Donatello s Renaissance Italy directly into his bottega, (workshop), as witnessed through the eyes of Luca Mattei, a devoted assistant.While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello s passion for his enormously beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to Agnolo s brutal murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save the life of Donatello, even if it means the life of the master sculptor s friend and great patron of art, Cosimo de Medici. (Astor & Blue, May 2014)
David Vann, The Financial Times
“It’s a masterpiece, the most ambitious, beautiful and complex novel I’ve read this year..”
Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post
“His luminous prose, swift narrative, love of art history and cool eye for human weakness make this one a pleasure to read.”
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