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On the surface, Alix London is living every young woman’s dream: a budding career as an art consultant, a spectacular condo in a deluxe high-rise in Seattle’s toniest neighborhood; an enviable "presence"--voice, manners, bearing--that reflect the input of old money, silk-stocking society, and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alix London: Art consultant, daughter of famous art forger Geoff London.
- Christine LeMay: Nouveau riche patron of the arts, hires Alix and becomes her close friend.
- Georgia O'Keeffe: While no longer living during the time period of this novel, her personaility and past looms over the characters as they try to decide the authenticity of a painting attributed to her.
- Ted Ellesworth: Add a description of this character.
- Liz Coane
- Jamie Wozniak
- Cody Mack Burley
- Geoffrey London
- Uncle Beniamino "Tiny"
Quotes edit
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“Come on, you must have heard of a Lambo. It's short for ... I can't remember, Lambogonia, Lamburgeroni, something like that.”
Eddie Sierra
Setting & Locations edit
- Ghost Ranch: Former New Mexico home of artist Georgia O'Keefe, now a conference center.
- Luhan House: Former New Mexico home of art patron Mabel Dodge Luhan, now a retreat and bed-and-breakfast.
- Highway 84: Remove, curvy road between Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu, New Mexico, with precipitous cliffs. Follows the Chama River.
- Taos
- Seattle
- Santa Fe
- Albuquerque
- New York
- Italy
- Utrillo
- New Mexico
- Merriam
- Manhattan
- Canyon Road
- Española
First Sentence edit
"I assure you, I am not dead," Henry Merriam declared with considerable heat.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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