The Art of Confidence
by Wendy Lee
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Pub Date Nov 29 2016 | Archive Date Dec 01 2016
Kensington Books | Kensington
Description
Liu Qingwu doesn’t set out to commit a crime. He only wants to sell a painting—something more substantial than the Impressionist knockoffs he flogs to tourists outside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the lucrative commission he receives from a Chelsea art dealer is more complicated than he initially realizes. Liu has been hired to create not an homage to Andrew Cantrell’s modernist masterpiece, Elegy, but a forgery that will sell for millions.
The painting will change the lives of everyone associated with it—Liu, a Chinese immigrant still reeling from his wife’s recent departure; Caroline, a gallery owner intent on saving her aunt’s legacy; Molly, her perceptive assistant; and Harold, a Taiwanese businessman with an ethical dilemma on his hands. Weaving together their stories with that of Cantrell and the inspiration for his masterpiece, Wendy Lee’s intricate, multilayered novel explores the unique fascination of great art and the lengths to which some are driven to create it—and to possess it.
Advance Praise
“Revealed through viewpoints that shift between chapters, this is a sublime examination of what defines art, what gives art value, and the prices, far beyond the monetary that we’re willing to pay to view it, admire it, acquire it, and even let it go. Through fragile alliances, flawed relationships, and capricious loyalties, Lee’s characters will lie, distort, betray, and ultimately accede to uneasy truths.”– Booklist
“Readers
need to pay close attention to this novel, as there are several flashbacks told
from the perspective of four different people. The four voices come from people
with different backgrounds, ages and experiences, but the author does well in
connecting them all through a single piece of art. Their individual journeys of
self-reflection and self-discover are interesting.”– RT Book
Reviews
“This well-written mystery ponders the effects of one’s decisions in the face of moral quandaries while depicting a lesser-known slice of the New York art world. A captivating read for most fans of popular fiction.”– Library Journal
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781617734892 |
| PRICE | $16.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
