Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) Artists / William Yang with a history touched by

with a history touched by Etruscan

The “banquet” of the title refers specifically to the objects and utensils laid out for consuming a meal

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experiments and unlikely cultural references to create images that are at once deft and strangely virtuosic

While other books in the series play famous pieces of classical music

Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions) Artists / William Yang with a history touched byA crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the