
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
A Novel (Gabriel Allon)
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Edoardo Ballerini
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Daniel Silva
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In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever lived
Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of the watery city, bidding farewell to the demons of his tragic, violent past.
But when the eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood asks Gabriel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the rediscovery and lucrative sale of a centuries-old painting, he is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.
Gabriel soon discovers that the work in question, a portrait of an unidentified woman attributed to Sir Anthony van Dyck, is almost certainly a fiendishly clever fake. To find the mysterious figure who painted it—and uncover a multibillion-dollar fraud at the pinnacle of the art world—Gabriel conceives one of the most elaborate deceptions of his career. If it is to succeed, he must become the very mirror image of the man he seeks: the greatest art forger the world has ever known.
Stylish, sophisticated, and ingeniously plotted, Portrait of an Unknown Woman is a wildly entertaining journey through the dark side of the art world—a place where unscrupulous dealers routinely deceive their customers and deep-pocketed investors treat great paintings as though they were just another asset class to be bought and sold at a profit. From its elegant opening to the shocking twists of its climax, the novel is a tour de force of storytelling and one of the finest pieces of heist fiction ever written. And it is still more proof that, when it comes to international intrigue and suspense, Daniel Silva has no equal.
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not the best one
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A return to form
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Another Enjoyable Story
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It embraces Gabriel’s love expertise in the real world outside of espionage.
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Wordy
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With the suspense in Allon's career as a spy, the question of how well the character would transition after retirement was a question Silva had to answer. Portrain of an Unknown Woman answers that question in an emphatec way: Allon is even more interesting and complex than before. The story is powerful and exceedingly well researched. Several characters from the past contribute in interesting and important ways to this novel, and as much as I enjoy the narration of George Guidall I must say Edoardo Ballerini's interpretation and rendering added so much color to the story and the characters.
As already provided in the summary by the publishers, Gabriel is asked to investigate a suspected art forgery. The story ascends from there and enters a world of global crime organizations dealing in high-quality fake paintings that are authenticated as originals and find their places in the world's finest museums. The financial cost of the fraud is staggering, the potential impact of a collapse of faith in authenticated artwork and trusted institutions unnerving, and the ruthless acts taken to protect the interests of the syndicates chilling. Silva has risen to the occasion and answered any doubts concerning his staying power as an author and his ability to sustain the compelling character of Gabriel Allon in his new life as a "retiree."
Portrain of an Unknown Woman is an excellent work and one I highly recommend.
Among the very best in the series
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Fun. Thought-provoking
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Nitpicked
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Writing and Narration Work
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Worth the credit, as are all of Silvas books.
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