A Nearly Perfect Copy
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Richly drawn and sharply observed, A Nearly Perfect Copyis a smart, funny, and affecting novel of family and forgery that brilliantly conjures the rarified international art world.
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Elmira Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragic loss throws her into emotional crisis, she pursues a reckless course of action that jeopardizes her personal and professional success. Meanwhile, talented artist Gabriel Connois wearies of remaining at the margins of the capricious Parisian art scene. Desperate for recognition, he embarks on a scheme that threatens everything he's worked for. As these narratives converge, with disastrous consequences, A Nearly Perfect Copyboldly challenges our presumptions about originality and authenticity, loss and replacement, and the perilous pursuit of perfection.
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