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The Improbability of Love

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'an ingenious meditation on the true value of art' Daily Mail
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A deliciously wicked satire… It's exquisitely written, shimmering with eye-catching detail … a masterpiece' Mail on Sunday

When lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous London art world, populated by exiled Russian oligarchs, avaricious Sheikas, desperate auctioneers and unscrupulous dealers, all scheming to get their hands on her painting — a lost eighteenth-century masterpiece called 'The Improbability of Love'.
Delving into the painting's past, Annie will uncover not just an illustrious list of former owners, but some of the darkest secrets of European history — and in doing so she might just learn to open up to the possibility of falling in love again.
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2015
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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  • Sanny Youділиться враженням7 років тому
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    Too much waffling, too little plot. The writing is fine but comes across as trying too hard to be witty or to squeeze too much and to tell every knowledge or story or frills or all of the above.

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  • Christabelle Adelineцитує8 років тому
    Art only survives by striking a chord in someone’s heart and offering solace and reassurance.
  • YurAndrцитує5 років тому
    Once upon a time, members who were either hopeless or hopeful were sent to Northern Ireland; now they went to the Department of Culture
  • YurAndrцитує5 років тому
    Like other successful religions, art has evolved and offers glorious temples and learned high priests as well as covenants and creeds. The new churches are known as museums, in which the contemplation of art has become a kind of prayer and communal activity. The very wealthy can create private chapels stuffed with the unimaginable rarities and guarantee a front seat. It was ever thus.

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