The Man in the Red Coat

The Man in the Red Coat
First edition
AuthorJulian Barnes
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
11 November 2019
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
ISBN9781787332164

The Man in the Red Coat is a book by Julian Barnes. It was published on 11 November 2019.[1] The book concerns Samuel Jean de Pozzi, a French surgeon and pioneer in the field of gynaecology whose portrait in a red coat John Singer Sargent painted,[2] and other rich and cultivated people of Belle Époque Paris, among them Robert de Montesquiou, Prince Edmond de Polignac, Jean Lorrain, Marcel Proust, Reynaldo Hahn, Sarah Bernhardt, Joris-Karl Huysmans and Oscar Wilde.

References

  1. ^ "Julian Barnes: The Man in the Red Coat". www.julianbarnes.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ Hadley, Tessa (6 November 2019). "The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes review - a belle epoque womaniser". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2020.