Forgery of Venus
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2009
336 pages
978-0-06-180871-5 (ISBN)
Description
An artist born outside his time, Chaz Wilmot can paint like Leonardo, Goya, Gainsboroughand he refuses to shape his talent to fit the fashion of the day. His unique abilities attract the attention of Werner Krebs, an art dealer with a dark past and shadier present, and soon Wilmot is working with a fervor he hasn't felt in years. But his creative burst is accompanied by strange interludesmemories that are not memories . . . and he begins to wonder if he is really the person he believes he is. When a previously unknown masterpiece by the Spanish painter Velzquez is discovered, the artist suddenly finds himself lost in a mirrored house of illusionsand propelled into a secret world of greed, lies . . . and murder.
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Begin Reading
- A Note to the Reader
- About the Author
- Books by Michael Gruber
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
