Contributions

  • William H. Gass (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

1993-05-01 - Penguin Classics

Language

English

Word Count

244,000 words, Guess

Page Count

976 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCPZ4.G124 Re
  • DDC823.91

Description

Obsessed with seventeenth-century Flemish masterpieces, Wyatt Gwyon forges original artwork amazingly faithful to the spirit and techniques of the time.

First Sentence

Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality.

Excerpt

Even Camilla had enjoyed masquerades, of the safe sort where the mask may be dropped at that critical moment it presumes itself as reality.

Description

A novel of forgery, emotional and spiritual, as well as actual, with background ranging from New York and New England to a monastery outside Madrid.

Subjects

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