The Art Forger: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Shapiro, B. A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1616201320 ISBN 13 : 9781616201326

Editeur : Algonquin Books, 2012

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A clever, twisty novel about art, authenticity, love and betrayal. Shapiro knows about Degas, and she knows about art theft and forgery, and she also knows how to tell a gripping story." -Tom Perrotta, author of The Left Overs

On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art (worth over $500 million today) were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there's more to this crime than meets the eye.

Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting-a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum-in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.

Her desperate search for the truth leads Claire into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late 19th century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.

Biographie de l'auteur

B.A. SHAPIRO is the author of The Art Forger, which was a New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next Pick and the winner of the 2013 New England Book Award, among many other honours. Writing as Barbara Shapiro, she is also the author of five suspense novels and one non-fiction book. She lives in Boston and teaches creative writing at Northeastern University.

Web: bashapirobooks.com

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Twitter: @ba_shapiro

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Algonquin Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1616201320
• ISBN 13: 9781616201326
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible