The Forgery of Venus LP, (Paperback)

from ElizaJane

Chaz Wilmot is a painter who is stuck in a rut producing advertising art so he can afford to pay for his son's expensive medical treatments. He agrees to take part in an experimental drug study focusing on artists and their creativity. Soon afterwards Chaz starts slipping into memories of the gre...

from karen_o

Chaz Wilmot is a talented artist, the son of a slightly less talented artist, and is obsessed with the idea of wasting his talent and thus doing exactly that. In addition to the paltry sums he brings in with commercial work he is a paid participant in the trial of a completely legal but somewhat ...

from ACQwoods

The first few times I heard about this popular novel, I thought the plot sounded too contrived for me to enjoy it. But after numerous strong reviews from diverse sources I added it to my list. As soon as I started reading it I couldn't put it down. It's the story of a painter in present day New Y...

from Coyote99

Loved the book. If you like the plot twists and time shifts of the ABC hit "Lost" and have a background (or at least a good survey course) in art history and the grand masters of the quattrocentro period in Spain and Italy; you will enjoy Michael Gruber's newest...The Forgery of Venus: A Novel. T...

from bcquinnsmom

Having just finished this book, I searched around for reviews of this novel and observed that people either really liked this book or they really disliked it. I'm in the middle somewhere. On one hand, books that explore the boundaries between reality and unreality are my favorite genre of novels,...