The Portrait
Author(s): Antoine Laurain; Emily Boyce (Translator); Jane Aitken (Translator)
"An enthralling mystery about chasing the unknown, the nostalgia for what could have been, and most importantly, the persistence of curiosity." --San Francisco Book Review on The Red Notebook
Avid antiques collector Pierre-Fran ois Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life . . .
Antoine Laurain is a Parisian screenwriter, antiques collector, and prize-winning novelist. The President's Hat was a 2013 ABA Indies Introduce choice.
Product Information
Antoine Laurain lives in Paris and is a screenwriter, antiques collector and the author of several prize-winning novels.
General Fields
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- : Gallic Books, Limited
- : Gallic Books
- : 0.1
- : 01 May 2017
- : 129mm X 198mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Antoine Laurain; Emily Boyce (Translator); Jane Aitken (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : Sep-17
- : English
- : 144