The art of confidence

the long version

"Liu Qingwu doesnt set out to commit a crime. He only wants to sell a paintingsomething more substantial than the Impressionist knockoffs he flogs to tourists outside New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the lucrative commission he receives from a Chelsea art dealer is more complicated than he initially realizes. Liu has been hired to create not an homage to Andrew Cantrells modernist masterpiece, Elegy, but a forgery that will sell for millions. The painting will change the lives of everyone associated with itLiu, a Chinese immigrant still reeling from his wifes recent departure; Caroline, a gallery owner intent on saving her aunts legacy; Molly, her perceptive assistant; and Harold, a Taiwanese businessman with an ethical dilemma on his hands. Weaving together their stories with that of Cantrell and the inspiration for his masterpiece, Wendy Lees intricate, multilayered novel explores the unique fascination of great art and the lengths to which some are driven to create itand to possess it."--Amazon.com