The improbability of love. [online electronic book]
The improbability of love. [online electronic book]
By
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Rothschild, Hannah, 1962-
Publication Date
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2015
Subject Term
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Single women -- Fiction.
Painting -- Fiction.
Art -- Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Electronic books.
Genre
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Fantasy fiction.
Romantic suspense fiction.
Summary
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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 meager 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 entertainng--of a many-layered, devious world where, in the end, love triumphs.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781101874158
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