Based on the life of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, Jacques Jouet's Savage compels the reader to ask whether it is the primitive or the civilized man who is savage. At the height of the Belle ?poque, an eccentric young clothing designer searches for inspiration and identity as an artist among the savage peoples of France's colonies. Influenced by several exotic lovers, a quirky vieille dame, and ?douard Manet himself, Paul's increasingly...