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Paperback Forgery Book

ISBN: 0802143687

ISBN13: 9780802143686

Forgery

The spellbinding new novel from the award-winning author of The Caprices and A Carnivore's Inquiry transports us to a mysterious world of deception, political intrigue, and desire. In the summer of 1963, American Rupert Brigg travels to Greece to collect classical pieces for his Uncle William's art collection. Rupert's first discovery, however, is that Athens is a shadowy place that hides a tangle of fork-tongued diplomacy and duplicitous women, a...

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Rated 5 stars
you should read this book!

I read this book last spring when I was starting a very new experience in my life. I had just moved to Manhattan and I took the subway to work in a school in a very economically challeged neighborhood in Brooklyn. The school was amazing, but the trip was long and I often found myself getting sad when the train emptied out at Wall Street, which marked the halfway mark of my commute. But luckily for me, I was never alone because...

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In his starred review for Booklist, David Pitt puts it best: (starred review) Forgery. Murray, Sabina (author). June 2007. 272p. Grove, hardcover, $24 (0-8021-1844-5). REVIEW. First published June 1, 2007 (Booklist). Murray's latest novel tells the story of Rupert Briggs, a recently divorced man who, in the summer of 1963, heads off to Greece to find new items for his uncle's art collection. But, like quite a few things...

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perfect summer reading!

Once again Sabina Murray has written another brilliant and intoxicating book about a cast of colorful and duplicitous characters. Set on a Greek island in the early 1960s, amidst political turmoil and intrigue, Forgery tells the story of Rupert Briggs, an antiques dealer who is haunted by family tragedy. Rupert is a "man of taste," as he calls himself, a collector of beauty, no matter what the cost--financial, emotional or...

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The Real Thing

Quite simply, _Forgery_ is the best novel I've read in years. The ensemble cast of characters become a group of friends that readers will not want to part with. As the book begins, Rupert Brigg is sent by his wealthy uncle to hunt for antiquities in Greece. Slowly we realize, though, that the real purpose of this trip is to help Rupert begin to deal with the tragedy that has shattered his family. In Athens and on the Cycladic...

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