A Nearly Perfect Copy
  • Published: 28 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780345803146
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00

A Nearly Perfect Copy

A Novel

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9 Apr 2013
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28 Jan 2014
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A smart and affecting novel of forgery, lies, and family struggles set amidst the rarefied international art world.

Elm Howells has a loving family and a distinguished career at an elite Manhattan art 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. 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.
  • Published: 28 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780345803146
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for A Nearly Perfect Copy

  • "Well-wrought.... Cleverly rendered.... Amend creates suspense by charting in wincing detail Elm's and Gabriel's progress through ethically gray areas in the art market to unquestionably illegal acts." --The Washington Post
  • "A smart page turner.... Amend creates very real characters who live in a very unreal world. This is a wonderfully witty and stylish novel." --Chicago Tribune
  • "I loved the lore about the art business. Really, I found this to be a terrifically entertaining novel that never lost its hold on the hearts of its characters or mine." --Alan Cheuse, NPR
  • "[A] fast-paced, intriguing novel." --People

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