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As usual, Gash peppers his pages with a glorious assortment of supporting characters (i.e., accomplices): meet Lydia, Lovejoy's prim and proper apprentice; Tinker, a phlegmatic burglar with a powerful thirst; and Trout, a midget who specializes in Tarzan sing-o-grams. But Lovejoy's voice is the real delight; he is anxious to educate his readers in all manner of antiques arcana--the importance of using real vellum in faking Renaissance miniatures; the history of the great Dogon mask fraud; how to forge scholarly impressions of Roman coins with a bit of isinglass and ochre. His lectures and wry meditations on the foibles of humanity are delivered with the mix of wide-eyed amazement and effortless humor that Gash's readers have come to appreciate and expect. A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair will have Lovejoy fans new and old crying, "Bring on number 22, and hurry, please!" --Kelly Flynn
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. States "First published 1999 by Macmillan." Number line complete 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- the first printing. Signed to the title page (name only.) These later entries in the series sometimes seem overly dependent on frenetic pace and a cast of characters that ought to merit a printed program, though Lovejoy's puckish voice, his antiques expertise, and his constantly stymied attempts to be a better crook and less of a soft touch, do retain their charm. In this one, Lovejoy meets young Mort, who can tell a real antique on sight . . . just like Lovejoy. Ian McShane starred in Ian La Frenais' moderately long-lived British TV series. 344 pp. Here reduced from $50. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009013
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