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This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2007) Venus With Pistol   1991 UK paperback cover Author Gavin Lyall Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Thriller novel Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Publication date 1969 Media type Print Pages 238 pgs ISBN 0-340-51580-5 OCLC Number 20168162 Preceded by Shooting Script Followed by Blame the Dead Venus With Pistol is a first person narrative novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in 1969. Contents 1 Explanation of title 2 Reception 3 Plot summary 4 References // Explanation of title One of the artists mentioned towards the end of the novel is the Renaissance Venetian artist Giorgione, and the painting which is described in the novel is clearly based on his Sleeping Venus (Giorgione), now at the Dresden Museum. Reception The Times Literary Supplement said that the novel “works up to beautiful tension and ingenuity.”[1] Peter Parley in the London Spectator offered “all praise” for it, recommending it “for those with a thirst for the find in the attic and a bottle of scotch in the third drawer down.”[2] Plot summary Gilbert Kemp is dealer specializing in antique guns in London with a somewhat dubious background. He is approached by the mysterious Carlos MacGregor Garcia, a Nicaraguan and his employer, the very wealthy ex-professional tennis player Doña Margarita Umberto, who are traveling around Europe buying oil paintings to form a private collection which they allege will be donated to the Nicaraguan people. However, as many of the works are to be acquired from private collectors who do not wish the sale to be made public, and as many European governments would block the export of the historically valuable paintings, Kemp's services are needed in order to smuggle the paintings into Switzerland, from where they will be transported to Nicaragua in the diplomatic pouch. It seems like a straight-forward matter of art smuggling until Kemp is mugged on arrival in Zürich, and a priceless Cezanne is stolen. On his next commission in Amsterdam, he helps obtain an un-catalogued work of Vincent van Gogh, but the art expert certifying the painting is soon brutally murdered. Things heat up in Venice and culminate in Vienna where Kemp finally unravels the web of treachery and deceit that he has unwittingly stumbled into. References ^ Quoted on back cover of 1971 Pan edition ^ Quoted by Fantastic Fiction This article about a thriller novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e