"Rollicking and erudite ... Costamagna’s candor and well-earned hubris make for an entertaining foray into the high-stakes art world."
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“It is one of the novel’s pleasures that its story takes place against pivotal moments of the half-mythic history of northern Africa and the Middle East … Another reliable source of delight is Majdalani’s writing, constantly alive and entrancing in Edward Gauvin’s translation.”
World Literature Today