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An Object of Beauty : A Novel by Martin, Steve is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is An Object of Beauty : A Novel about?
From Publishers Weekly Martin compresses the wild and crazy end of the millennium and finds in this piercing novel a sardonic morality tale. Lacey Yeager is an ambitious young art dealer who uses everything at her disposal to advance in the world of the high-end art trade in New York City. After cutting her teeth at Sotheby's, she manipulates her way up through Barton Talley's gallery of "Very Expensive Paintings," sleeping with patrons, and dodging and indulging in questionable deals, possible felonies, and general skeeviness until she opens her own gallery in Chelsea. Narrated by Lacey's journalist friend, Daniel Franks, whose droll voice is a remarkable stand-in for Martin's own, the world is ordered and knowable, blindly barreling onward until 9/11. And while Lacey and the art she peddles survive, the wealth and prestige garnered by greed do not. Martin (an art collector himself) is an astute miniaturist as he exposes the sound and fury of the rarified Manhattan art world. If Shopgirl was about the absence of purpose, this book is about the absence of a moral compass, not just in the life of an adventuress but for an entire era. (Nov.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information
Who reads An Object of Beauty : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Martin, Steve
- Publisher
- Hachette Digital, Inc.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781455501281
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (43,231 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
