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The forger's requiem : a novel / Bradford Morrow.

ISBN: 9780802164155
ISBN: 0802164153
Physical Description: 276 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025.

Morrow, Bradford, 1951- (author.).

Summary:

"Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way. Armed with a devastating secret about Will's past, Slader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, Joyce, and Stein. As Nicole's skill grows, so does her devotion to -- and doubts about -- her father's integrity, until she commits the ultimate betrayal for the sake of his freedom. With breathtakingly precise background knowledge and virtuoso execution, Nicole forges a suite of brilliantly convincing and surpassingly valuable letters by Frankenstein author Mary Shelley -- planting within them the seeds of Slader's doom."-- Provided by publisher.