Rachman questions the theory that bad behaviour creates great art
Bear Bavinksy is a monster, enabled and facilitated by a society that gives licence to the notion that the genius artist can live by different rules
Fiction: The Italian Teacher, By Tom Rachman, Riverrun, €19.55
There is a wretchedly heartbreaking moment in the The Italian Teacher – the third novel from English-Canadian novelist Tom Rachman, following The Imperfectionists (2010) and The Rise and Fall of Great Powers (2014) – and you can see why Rachman conjures it up again later in the book.
One of Rachman’s lead characters is the celebrated American artist Bear Bavinsky, a man who is ...
