Perec, Georges, 1936-1982; Bellos, David creator text London MacLehose Press, an Imprint of Quercus 2015 monographic 171 Pages 22x14 cm PB Gaspard 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. Georges Perec Antonello, da Messina, 1430?-1479 Antonello, -- da Messina, -- 1430?-1479 -- Fiction 843.914 9781782060963