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| Original Title: | The Bernini Bust |
| ISBN: | 0425178846 (ISBN13: 9780425178843) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jonathan Argyll #3 |
| Setting: | Los Angeles, California(United States) |
Iain Pears
Paperback | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.63 | 1210 Users | 93 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Bernini Bust (Jonathan Argyll #3) |
| Author | : | Iain Pears |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2001 by Berkley (first published 1992) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Art. Cultural. Italy |
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Jonathan Argyll, art dealer based in Rome, has sold a Titian to a small private museum in California. The museum requires that he deliver it in person, at which time they will authenticate and pay for it. Argyll puts the painting in a brown paper sack and carries it in his hand luggage. Argyll is clumsy and accident prone, and no, the painting doesn't get damaged or stolen, but he manages to end up in the thick of it in spite of himself. Oh, yes, there is that Bust of Pius V of the title. And there is a murder. Two mysteries for the price of one.Argyll isn't the best of detectives, but fortunately he has a friend in the Art Fraud Division in Rome. Flavia de Stefano is a marvelous character. She's hard-working, smart and intuitive. She's so underappreciated that Pears didn't make her the star and name the series after her. OK, so yes he did make her a star, but still.
This is such a fun series, I wonder that it isn't more popular. Perhaps it is the lack of digital editions and availability in general. I know I will be looking for the others. I'm probably over rating it, but I enjoyed it so. 4-stars, the top rating in this genre from me.
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Ratings: 3.63 From 1210 Users | 93 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books The Bernini Bust (Jonathan Argyll #3)
"The Bernini Bust" was a thoroughly enjoyable book. It wasn't very long and didn't have nearly enough about Bernini himself, but the mystery is solid, the prose is witty and moves you briskly along, and the main characters Argyll and Flavia are both good protagonists. A fun art history caper.In The Bernini Bust, a privately owned Los Angeles museum has just made two unusual purchases a painting that doesn't really fit into the museum's collection, from lovable but rather bumbling dealer Jonathan Argyll, and an assortment of half-rate (and possibly fake) classical sculpture from a known-to-be-crooked dealer. However, it soon turns out that the latter dealer was tricked into smuggling a valuble marble bust by the famous Bernini out of Italy (which of course means that Flavia, from
A really great book shows us how everything is great and worth to die for
An art / art history thriller - what's not to like? Well, actually, Iain Pears writes as if he'd never been to Los Angeles. His grasp of geography, local custom, and speech patterns seems distinctly British rather than Californian. The story sails along well enough, but I never found it more than mildly engaging, and if you don't see the shocking twists at the end, well, you're paying even lees attention than I did. They're pretty apparent from far off.
This is the only book of the series that I've read. It's...an OK book? I think if I had invested more into the book, I would be upset about the way it ended, but since it was a light read, it didn't matter.
Rating: Art, heists, murder, museum misbehaving, millionaires shown up, what's not to love!I enjoy this series a lot. the Characters, Flavia and Jonathan are both a hoot, the art is interesting, and the murders are often quite well plotted. And generally they are running around Italy however this time they take their act to L.A. which suffers as a consequence. FTW!
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