New by the author of The Art Forger: The Muralist
by eapearce
The Muralist is a brand-new book by Barbara Shapiro, author of the bestselling The Art Forger. As in her previous novel, in The Muralist, Shapiro’s interest in and deep understanding of art is again used to create the background for the compelling story. The book features two main characters, living in different time periods. Alizee Benoit is a talented abstract painter who works for the Works Progress Administration in late 1930s New York City. Her great-niece, Dani Abrams, is a present-day employee at an auction house who receives in the mail one day several squares of an abstract painting. Believing that these squares may have something to do with her great-aunt’s never-explained disappearance in 1940, Dani dives into researching where the squares of painting came from, against her boss's wishes. The Muralist is combination historical fiction and mystery, and “is sure to be a crowning touch in an already celebrated career” (BookPage).
Fans of The Goldfinch in particular should make sure to check The Muralist out.
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