An Object of Beauty: A Novel

Lacey Yeager is a young, captivating, and ambitious art dealer who climbs the social and career ladders of the NYC art world with ease.

Her ascension parallels the soaring heights and dark lows of the art world and country from the late 1990s through today.

With a sardonic morality tale, Martin compresses the wild and crazy end of the millennium in this piercing novel.

Narrated by Lacey's journalist friend, Daniel Franks, the world is ordered and knowable, blindly barreling onward until 9/11.

Despite the absence of a moral compass, Lacey and the art she peddles survive, exposing the sound and fury of the rarified Manhattan art world.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the inner workings of the high-end art trade in New York City.