内容简介
Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source ofthe hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us backto the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistiblebest-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase throughgalleries, homes of prominent collectors, and wickedly delectablerestaurants. There are stopovers in the Bahamas and England, and inNew York, where that glossiest of magazines, Decorating Quarterly,reflects the cutting-edge trendiness of its editor, Camilla JamesonPorter. (Camilla has recently broken new ground in the world ofpower lunches by booking two tables on the same day, and shuttlingbetween them, at the city's trendiest restaurant.) It is Camillawho has sent our hero, Andre Kelly, to Cap Ferrat to take glamorousphoto-graphs of the houses and treasures of the rich, famous, andfatuous. He happens to have his camera at the ready when he spots aCezanne being loaded onto a plumber's truck near the home of anabsent collector. Odd, thinks Andre. And in no time he's on thetrail of a state-of-the-art art scam, chasing Cezanne. It's a joyto follow him and the crowds intent on speeding or foiling hisquest--including a beautiful agent; a super-savvy art dealerattracted to the finer things in life, especially if they promisethe payoff of a lifetime; an awesome Dutch forger; someoutstandingly greedy New York sophisticates; and, invisible in thebackground, the parade of remarkable chefs whose mouthwateringculinary masterpieces periodically soothe the hero and tantalizethe reader of Chasing Cezanne.