The play of light and shadow defines Mark Frutkin's vibrant narrative based on the life of the seventeenth-century painter known as Caravaggio, whose revolutionary use of the chiaroscuro technique fuelled his dazzling success while his demons led him down the path of exile and, ultimately, assassination.
Mark Frutkin has published seventeen books of fiction, poetry and nonfiction, most recently The Rising Tide (Porcupine’s Quill, 2018). His novel, Fabrizio’s Return (Knopf), won the Trillium Award and the Sunburst Prize, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. His novel, Atmospheres Apollinaire, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award.