The Improbability of Love

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Rothschild, Hannah
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Really good book submitted by bookher on July 13, 2016, 1:40pm I highly recommend this book if you find art interesting along with a good mystery and some romance.

Super good submitted by sbtaylor on August 22, 2020, 12:57pm Interested in Art? Human foibles? Romance? Narration by an inanimate object? Then this book is for you. An at times ludicrous look at the art world, it still provides insight into human failings as well as love. Funny and well written!