Forgery

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The spellbinding new novel from the award-winning author of The Caprices and A Carnivores Inquiry transports us to a mysterious world of deception, political intrigue, and desire. In the summer of 1963, American Rupert Brigg travels to Greece to collect classical pieces for his Uncle Williams art collection. Ruperts first discovery, however, is that Athens is a shadowy place that hides a tangle of fork-tongued diplomacy and duplicitous women, a city of replicas and composites that, like a hall of mirrors, calls to question what is real and what is false. Journeying to the secluded island of Aspros, among a circle of artists and aristocrats, each with their own secrets, Rupert finds the very pieces hes searching for, but can he escape the tragedy that ended his brief marriage As beautiful as Ruperts discoveries are, beneath the surface lurk rumors of insurrection, fabrication, and even murder. Seductive, compelling, and sly, Forgery is a sophisticated book about the value and meaning of art, love, and the corrosive power of grief.

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"A cracklingly original, brilliantly conceived modern Gothic" (A Must Read)." -- Kate Christensen
"Elegantly written . . . PEN/Faulkner winner Murray is a big talent." -- Jennifer Reese