Headlong : a novel / Michael Frayn.
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TextSeries: A book prize finalist ; A New York times editor's choicePublisher: 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 : Picador USA, c1999Description: 344 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0312267460 [newsprint]Summary: Summary: Local land owner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his art historian wife are asked to assess three sooty paintings languishing in a damp corner. But hiding beneath the dirt is nothing less- Martin believes- than a priceless lost old master. So begins a hilarious trail of lies and concealments, desperate schemes, and soaring hopes as Martin, betting all that he owns and much that he doesn't, embarks on a quest to prove his hunch, win his wife over, and separate the painting from its owner.
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Summary: Local land owner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his art historian wife are asked to assess three sooty paintings languishing in a damp corner. But hiding beneath the dirt is nothing less- Martin believes- than a priceless lost old master. So begins a hilarious trail of lies and concealments, desperate schemes, and soaring hopes as Martin, betting all that he owns and much that he doesn't, embarks on a quest to prove his hunch, win his wife over, and separate the painting from its owner.
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