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LEADER: 02300cam a2200373 i 4500
001 2014047753
003 DLC
005 20151204083521.0
008 150108s2015 nyu b 001 1 eng
010 $a 2014047753
020 $a9781101874141 (hardback)
020 $z9781101874158 (eBook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
084 $aFIC019000$aFIC044000$aFIC002000$2bisacsh
050 00 $aPR6118.O8755$bI47 2015
082 00 $a823/.92$223
100 1 $aRothschild, Hannah,$d1962-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe improbability of love :$ba novel /$cHannah Rothschild.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2015.
300 $a405 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday dinner. The painting now hers, talks, but only to us. Shrewd, spoiled, charming, world weary and cynical, he comments perceptively on Annie, and the modern world and tells tales about his previous owners: Louis XV, Voltaire, Catherine the Great among others. The story unfolds through this voice and many others--unexpected, entertaining, and strangely authentic. Annie will have her apartment ransacked and be pursued by dealers, buyers and an auctioneer in an attempt to get back the painting. With The Improbability of Love, Rothschild has spun a dazzling tale--both irreverant and entertainng--of a many-layered, devious world where, in the end, love triumphs"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aSingle women$vFiction.
650 0 $aPainting$xCollectors and collecting$vFiction.
650 0 $aArt dealers$vFiction.
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aRomantic suspense fiction.$2gsafd
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Contemporary Women.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Action & Adventure.$2bisacsh