The Artist of the Missing

A haunting novel The Artist of the Missing is a stunning debut from Paul La Farge both a richly imagined evocation of another world and a piercing examination of the mystery of love--beautifully illustrated by the acclaimed artist Stephen Alcorn.Frank a young artist arrives in the city hoping to unravel the mystery of his parents'' disappearance. He begins working as a washer of robes at a hotel for itinerant judges. There he meets and falls in love with Prudence a forensic photographer whose pictures reveal the secrets of the dead.When Prudence disappears Frank sets out in search of her a quest that leads him into the shadowy world of a revolutionary salon then to prison and finally to discover the city''s strange secrets and the secrets of his own heart.A visionary novel about love loss imagination and despair.