The improbability of love : a novel
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Rothschild, H
2 available
Fiction Rothschild, H
2 available
Southside - Adult
Fiction Rothschild, H
1 available
Fiction Rothschild, H
1 available
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday dinner. The painting now hers, talks, but only to us. Shrewd, spoiled, charming, world weary and cynical, he comments perceptively on Annie, and the modern world and tells tales about his previous owners: Louis XV, Voltaire, Catherine the Great among others. The story unfolds through this voice and many others -- unexpected, entertaining, and strangely authentic. Annie will have her apartment ransacked and be pursued by dealers, buyers and an auctioneer in an attempt to get back the painting. With The Improbability of Love, Rothschild has spun a dazzling tale -- both irreverant and entertaining--of a many-layered, devious world where, in the end, love triumphs."--,Provided by publisher.
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