A NEARLY PERFECT COPY

Amend, Allison

ISBN 10: 0385536690 / ISBN 13: 9780385536691

Published by Doubleday, 2013

About this Item

Doubleday, c2013. first printing. 8vo. Remainder dot lower edge of textblock, fine hardcover, fine d/j.

Seller Inventory # 100945

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A NEARLY PERFECT COPY
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385536690
• ISBN 13: 9780385536691
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION

About this title

Synopsis

Richly drawn and sharply observed, A Nearly Perfect Copy is a smart and affecting novel of family and forgery set amidst the rarefied international art world.
 
Elm Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan auction house. But after a tragic loss throws her into an 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, and, desperate for recognition, he embarks on a scheme that threatens his burgeoning reputation. As these narratives converge, with disastrous consequences, A Nearly Perfect Copy boldly challenges our presumptions about originality and authenticity, loss and replacement, and the perilous pursuit of perfection. 

About the Author

ALLISON AMEND, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is the author of the Independent Publisher’s Award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and the novel Stations West, which was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award. She lives in New York City.