1999 Booker Prize (shortlist)
1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee)
1999 Whitbread Prize for Best Novel (nominee)
Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, sees a chance of a lifetime: to perform a great public service, and to make his professional reputation. To obtain the treasure he thinks he has identified involves him setting up a classic sting and risking everything that is valuable to him.
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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