Intoxicated by the promise of a promotion, Charles Singular for once allows himself a small extravagance: he buys a bowler hat. But there-s a problem: this is no ordinary hat.
This one once belonged to the surrealist painter Ren-agritte, and by donning it Charles has unwittingly stepped into the artist-s off-kilter world. What-s more, he can-t escape-at least, not until he has illuminated the secrets behind Magritte-s work. What follows is a hallucinatory journey through Magritte-s imaginative landscape, a place where facial features mutate, the crescent moon appears in unexpected places, and answers prove frustratingly elusive.
In Magritte: This is not a Biography, Vincent Zabus and Thomas Campi have created a panoramic and revealing portrait of the great surrealist, employing a playfulness and wit reminiscent of Magritte himself.
