00846nam a22001217a 4500020001800000082001200018100004500030245003700075260005700112300002800169520043400197650009300631  a9781782060963  a843.914  aPerec, Georges, 1936-1982; Bellos, David  aPortrait of a MancGeorges Perec  aLondonbMacLehose Press, an Imprint of Quercusc2015  a171 Pagesb22x14 cmbPB  aGaspard Winckler, master forger, is trapped in a basement studio on the outskirts of Paris, with his paymaster's blood on his hands. The motive for this murder? After a lifetime as a talented (and well rewarded) professional forger he is commissioned to paint a version of a Portrait of a Man by 15th century Italian artist Antonello de Messina, and something changes: he is consumed by the desire to make art rather than copies.  aAntonello, da Messina, 1430?-1479a Antonello, -- da Messina, -- 1430?-1479 -- Fiction.