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A beautiful crime : a novel, Christopher Bollen

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From the author of The Destroyers comes another "delicious literary thriller" (People)--a twisty story of deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a high-stakes con. When Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind--and it doesn't involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay's smarts and Nick's charm, their scheme is sure to succeed. As it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn't as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city's decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams. A Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice's soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers another "seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller" (New York Times Book Review)
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eng
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 15 min., 4 sec.))
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Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
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9780062931016
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A beautiful crime : a novel
Title
A beautiful crime
Title remainder
a novel
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Christopher Bollen
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
From the author of The Destroyers comes another "delicious literary thriller" (People)--a twisty story of deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a high-stakes con. When Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind--and it doesn't involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay's smarts and Nick's charm, their scheme is sure to succeed. As it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn't as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city's decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams. A Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice's soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers another "seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller" (New York Times Book Review)
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1975-
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Bollen, Christopher
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813/.6
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LC call number
PS3602.O6545
LC item number
B43 2020ab
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fiction
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Read by Tim Paige
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  • Young gay men
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Fraud
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  • Inheritance and succession
  • Swindlers and swindling
  • Young gay men
  • Venice (Italy)
  • Italy
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adult
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A beautiful crime : a novel, Christopher Bollen
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Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 15 min., 4 sec.))
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online
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9780062931016
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other
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A beautiful crime : a novel, Christopher Bollen
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Publication
Note
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
Antecedent source
unknown
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digital storage
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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spoken word
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 15 min., 4 sec.))
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unknown
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9780062931016
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not applicable
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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digital.
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2d8b2768-a55f-4913-9b81-2d141dbce27a
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unknown
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sound
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other
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  • (OCoLC)1138943887
  • (OCoLC)on1138943887
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