Tracee’s Reviews > The Portrait > Status Update

“…..and confess four times a year [to the priest]. I find I have little to own up to these days, so I have to go back over the years, clearing away the backlog. …. He suspects me of enthusiasm, which is itself a sin.

“….I don’t want that smirk of yours to appear without being summoned by me.”

This whole book is filled with some really knockout language. I am loving it. People don’t write like this anymore.

“Behaving outrageously is conventional, necessary for any painter, wishing to be taken seriously these days.”

According to the receipt in the book I purchased it in 2010 from Coles on “Trillicum Road” for $2. It is my m.o. to pick up unpopular, eclectic books that don’t sell to the masses. It is why I miss Book Warehouse so dearly!

Hooboy this character is an arrogant B and I’m enjoying every bit of it