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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Michael Frayn |
| Narrator: |
Frederick Davidson |
| Awards: |
1999 The Man Booker Prize |
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Professional Reviews
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Literary Review: "The pace of this novel is indeed headlong, so it never reads like an academic treatise--much more like a thriller." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Paperback, 344 Publisher: Picador USA (September 01, 2000) Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.9 lbs. ISBN: 9780312267469 |
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First Line
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I have a discovery to report. Many of the world's greatest treasures are known to have been lost over the centuries. I believe I may have found one of them. |
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In this humorous novel about the art world and its excesses, the appearance of a lost painting that may or may not be by Bruegel occasions a series of exercises in deceit, betrayal, and blind optimism when the man who comes across it at the home of a neighbor resolves that he must possess it at all costs. |
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