The Man in the Picture

The Man in the Picture
First edition (UK)
Author	Susan Hill
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Profile Books (UK) Overlook Press (US)
Publication date	2007 (UK), 2008 (US)
Media type	Print & ebook
Pages	160
ISBN	1-84668-075-1

The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story, is a novel by English author Susan Hill, first published in 2007 by Profile Books.^[1] It has been featured as BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime.^[2]

Plot introduction

An oil-painting of masked revellers at a Venetian carnival hangs in the room of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge, its story is revealed to Oliver one cold winter's night by the ageing don. The picture having the power to entrap and destroy those who cross its path.

References

External links

A masterclass in the art of dread review form The Independent
People keep appearing review from The Spectator
review from PopMatters

Works by Susan Hill

Novels

The Enclosure (1961)
Do Me a Favour (1963)
Gentleman and Ladies (1968)
A Change for the Better (1969)
I'm the King of the Castle (1970)
Strange Meeting (1971)
The Bird of Night (1972)
In the Springtime of the Year (1973)
The Woman in Black (1983)
Air and Angels (1991)
The Mist in the Mirror (1992)
Mrs de Winter (1993)
The Service of Clouds (1997)
Corruption
The Going Down of the Sun
The Man in the Picture (2007)
The Beacon (2008)
The Small Hand (2010)

Simon Serrailler crime novels	The Various Haunts of Men (2004) The Pure in Heart (2005) The Risk of Darkness (2006) The Vows of Silence (2008) Shadows in the Streets (2010) The Betrayal of Trust (2011)

Short story collections

The Albatross and Other Stories (1970)
A Bit of Singing and Dancing (1973)
Listening to the Orchestra (1997)
The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read (2003)

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