311 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2011 by Phoenix.
Lacey Yeager is beautiful, captivating, and ambitious enough to take the New York art world by storm. She begins her career at Sotheby's, amidst the winks and nods of the fabulously wealthy. But hungry for more - and pursued by a whiff of scandal - Lacey migrates to edgy Downtown, watching Hirsts and Warhols multiply in value before her eyes. Charming men and women, old and young, rich and even richer, Lacey's ascendancy seems assured. But when the art world bubble looks set to burst, a secret from her past rears its head, threatening to undermine everything she has worked for.
As a middle-aged man, the character of Lacey appealed to me, as it obviously did to middle-aged Steve Martin. It is fun to be a fly on the wall as the rich and filthy rich buy and sell the most expensive paintings in the world in late 1990s NYC and Europe. But the endless shenanigans of this entirely self-involved group of snobs get rocked by world events and nothing is the same after that.
After really enjoying Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, I guess my expectations were just way too high for this. Bah.
