Interruption of the Cocktail Hour: A Washington Yarn of Art, Murder, and the Att

Description: Interruption of the Cocktail Hour by Arthur Cotton Moore Unexpected power yields some absurdly catastrophic results in Arthur Cotton Moores wildly entertaining new novel, Interruption of the Cocktail Hour. Painting is the lifeblood of the aristocratic A. Pierpont Preston, despite the fact that recognition has eluded him. Ravaged by critics, without hope of sales, commissions, or a gallery show, Pete takes his new inheritance and his reluctant wife to Scapoosa County, Maryland, in search of artistic rejuvenation and a new beginning. After meeting H2O, the Japanese-American inventor of the perfect untraceable killing machine, Pete steals it to use to his advantage. After a few unfortunate accidental deaths, he removes obstacles in his career, saves hundreds of innocent people, and silences evil on behalf of good. He becomes a hero in Pouletville by killing "The Abominable Chicken" which had been marauding the town and terrifying its citizens. Pete pretends to be an architect during his affair with The White House Chief of Staff, which leads to his being hired to design a secret presidential hideaway--which then leads to his being offered millions to assassinate the president, just one more unexpected twist in his ridiculously bizarre life. The outlandish comedy takes place throughout Washington, DC and Scapoosa County, via a large cast of memorable characters comprising art critics, White House and Secret Service staff, local construction workers, a police officer, a wealthy and vicious mother-in-law, a former wrestler, NRA supporters, a Pakistani bookmaker, a WASP family, illegal Chinese laborers, a billionaire and his fourth wife, and a New Jersey construction company. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Arthur Cotton Moore FAIA is a sixth-generation Washingtonian, a graduate of St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Princeton University School of Architecture. ACM is a national award-winning, internationally recognized architect, preservationist, and planner. He is one of six hundred architects from around the world included since 1980 in the British compilation Contemporary Architects, which recognizes architects on an international level. Since 1965, he has practiced in thirty-eight cities across the country, and received over seventy design awards, including two National Residential Design Awards from Architectural Record Magazine and three National AIA Honor Awards. He has served on design award juries throughout the country, including regional, state, and national AIA programs. His projects have been published in over 2,700 articles in magazines and newspapers throughout the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan, and included in many books. They also have been in group architectural exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Columbia Universitys Center for the Study of American Architecture, and Columbia Universitys Avery Library Centennial Archive Exhibition. ACM has traveled to 115 countries, has written on architecture, urban affairs, preservation, and art, and has lectured widely at universities and professional conferences. Since 1990, he has had solo painting exhibitions in New York, Chicago, Washington, and Paris, and has participated in group shows in New York and Cologne. His 1995 travelling museum exhibition, Visions of the Future, was shown in the Czech Republic and Poland. Architectural RecordMagazine awarded his furniture series, Industrial Baroque, its 1990 Award for Excellence in Design. ACMs first book was The Powers of Preservation; his next will be Washington Comiks, a series of irreverent paintings depicting the absurdities of our nations capital. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Patricia Moore. Details ISBN1500776610 Author Arthur Cotton Moore Short Title INTERRUPTION OF THE COCKTAIL H Pages 148 Language English ISBN-10 1500776610 ISBN-13 9781500776619 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-02-05 Subtitle A Washington Yarn of Art, Murder, and the Attempted Assassination of the President Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:93307079;

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