At Lit Hub she tagged seven books to read if you love art crime. One entry on the list:
María Gainza, Portrait of an Unknown LadyRead about the other entries on the list.
I loved María Gainza’s autofictional Optic Nerve for its lush descriptions, and the bits of art history trivia. In this novel from the Argentinean art critic, we find another protagonist who’s obsessed with the image. But this time we’re in history, and foul play abounds. Following an art forger and the critic who’s hot on her trail, this novel considers why we crave authenticity from art.
--Marshal Zeringue
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