Baroque

by Richard Vetere

Fiction. BAROQUE is the true story of the young painter Mario Minitti and several others who lived in and loved in Rome at the turn of the century in 1600. They came to Rome to find fame and fortune, Fillide Meladrone, Archbishop Pietero Aldrobondini, Ranuccio Tomassoni, Nunzio Pulzone. The story follows their lives as they intersect and fall in love with one another and share a common bond that they were painted by the great Caravaggio.

316 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2009

About the author

His new novel She's Not There will be released in October 2023. His screenplay Caravaggio won the Golden Palm for Best Screenplay at the Beverly Hills International Film Festival 2021. His play Caravaggio is published by Dramatic Publishing. He wrote the novel The Third Miracle (Simon & Schuster) and co-wrote the screenplay adaptation produced by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche, directed by Agneiskza Holland and released by Sony Picture Classics. His teleplay adaptation of his published stage play The Marriage Fool is now running on Amazon starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett.