Dying by Design

by Charles Belfoure

An original satirical crime novel, Dying By Design , takes a highly imaginative look at the frustration of creative compromise. Allan Aisquith, is an architect who’s tired of designing in the colonial style, the only style his clients seem to want. Through a strange set of circumstances, he gets the opportunity to design one of the most prestigious art museums in America. He’s determined to design it in a modernist style and vows to kill anyone who tries to change his design.

230 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002

About the author

Charles Belfoure is the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, House of Thieves and The Fallen Architect. An architect by profession, he graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he taught at Pratt as well as Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is historic preservation. In addition to his historical fiction, Belfoure is also the award-winning author of several architectural histories, and has been a freelance writer for The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Westminster, Maryland.

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Reviews

[Nicole Mckairnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Confederacy of Dunces meets American Psycho. Tongue in cheek architectural humor, an entertaining read!