Headlong
An unlikely con man wagers wife, wealth, and sanity in pursuit of an elusive Old Master.Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his art-historian wife are asked to assess three dusty paintings blocking the draught from the chimney. But hiding beneath the soot is nothing less-Martin believes-than a lost work by Bruegel. So begins a hilarious trail of lies and concealments, desperate schemes and soaring hopes as Martin, betting all that he owns and much that he doesn't, embarks on a quest to prove his hunch, win his wife over, and separate the painting from its owner. In Headlong, Mic…
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- ISBN: 978-0-312-26746-9
- EAN: 9780312267469
- Produktnummer: 9228400
- Verlag: St Martins Pr 3Pl
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.0 cm 470 g
- Auflage: First
- Gewicht: 470
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Michael Frayn
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