| Gillian Dwyer, a beautiful young art historian, plots to save her failing gallery in this dazzling romp set against the backdrop of New York s glamorous art world. Gillian s gallery on Madison Avenue is in trouble because she refuses to stock the trendy chrome and latex monstrosities that pass for modern art and pull in the collectors" dollars. As her discriminating taste edges her closer and closer to bankruptcy, she begins to dab~: le in forgery on a small scale--water colors, sketches and the like. Then she meets Andrew Cutler, a charming, ambitious swindler, and her scruples yield to his charm. The pair create a major sensation when they announce the recovery of a " ]ost masterpiece" by the early twentieth- century French artist Pierre Biscay. The painting is, of course, a Gillian Dwyer original, and during its prepa- ration the reader~is inducted into the fascinating mysteries of art forgery. |
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