Two things give you an immediate taste of a book - the cover and the description (often called a ‘blurb’ - suggestive of an unfortunate, yet spectacular, spillage).
I’d been to the supermarket to hunt for one of my favourite films, LUST FOR LIFE, starring Kirk Douglas. I didn’t find the DVD but it ended up one of those trips where I find myself picking up a lot of stuff I didn’t even need (garlic olive oil, spare shoelaces, novelty fridge magnet). But I got home to find a pleasant surprise, an e-mail from the publisher with the finalized cover copy for the novel, and here it is:-
THE MIDNIGHT MAN
1888. The Yellow House, Arles: Vincent van Gogh paints works of transcendent genius, while in London a killer launches a reign of terror.
Nidabi is attacked by her sadistic master but is rescued just in time by saintly Pastor Hux, a man who befriended Van Gogh many years ago. On a mission to help those most in need Hux is relentless in his attempts to save the souls of those he rescues.
In Arles, Van Gogh is helped by prostitute Ty and they quickly form a special relationship. Both are outsiders and she struggles to protect the artist as his passion to create threatens to shatter his mind.
But why are these two men haunted by the spectre of failure? How can loyalty endure in the face of evil? Soon a deadly momentum will draw two old friends back together – into a withering storm painted in madness, fear and death.
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