WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKan ingenious meditation on the true value of art Daily MailA deliciously wicked satire ... Its exquisitely written, shimmering with eyecatching detail ... a masterpiece Mail on SundayWhen lovelorn Annie McDee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man, she has no idea what she has discovered. Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous London art world, populated by exiled Russian oligarchs, avaricious Sheikas, desperate auctioneers and unscrupulous dealers, all scheming to get their hands on her painting a lost eighteenthcentury masterpiece called The Improbability of Love.Delving into the paintings past, Annie will uncover not just an illustrious list of former owners, but some of the darkest secrets of European history and in doing so she might just learn to open up to the possibility of falling in love again.

Binding: Paperback;496 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: FA; Weight: 506 g; Dimensions: 131 x 198 x 33

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