The Abduction of Seven Forgers
The Abduction of Seven Forgers
Rita O'Sullivan
, Alice Meems
, Heather Norris
, Melissa Poremba
, Mary Therrien
, Elise Van Manen
, Shannon Leclerc
, Agnes Marshall
, Patricia Johnson
, Lauren Ridgewell
, Heather Sibley
, Barry Kazimer
, cassandra schiemann
, Janice Hutchinson
, Anne Baldo
, Catherine Westerberg
, Sandra Furlotte
, Sarah Schwartz
, Lara Maynard
, Lisa Ostrowski
, Marilyn Stanley
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Dawn Macdonald
, Suzanne Brooks
, Margaret McKay
, Susan Fitzgerald
, Jude Castillo
, Tyra Antle
, Noelle Walsh
, Sandra Perry
, Angela Mitchell
, Lynn Davidson
, Deana Bueley
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Linda Leitch
, Hoda Montazeri
, Andrea Pole
, Natasa Ilic
, Cathalynn Labonte-Smith
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Rose Ghaedi
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Susan Jang
, Anna Krentz
, Ariane Béland
, Teree Hokanson
, Andrea Gillespie
, Vanessa S
, Hailey Slaviero
, Deb Philippon
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Janai Phillips
, Rhona Brinkman
, Elaine Baptie
, Chris Carvalho
, Dani Kat
, Claudie Léveillé
, Connie Bennett
, Claire Gear
, Sunshine Gudlaugson
, Trish Bowering
, P. Thompson
, Meaghan Krygier
, Diane Normandin
, Lynn Bechtel
, BJ Underwood
, Jennifer Beyak
, Janet Miller
, Charles Leblanc
, Karen Kendrick
, Christine Lion
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Benita Hartwell
, Tiffany C
, Susan Terendy
, Carl Scott
, Patricia McKeown
, Mary Campbell
, Rachel Edmonds
, Janet Meisner
, Paula Adam
, Michelle Wong
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, C. Ray
, Derek Davidson
, Robert Hykawy
, Janice Cournoyer
, Shannon Lee
, Huguette Lemieux
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Paula Ritchie
, Mary Lester
, Lynn Hallson
, Denise Duvall
, joy mills
, Nancy Reid
, Rodney Cross
, Rosa Cross
, Kim Cappellina
, Ken Gilmour
, Sara Conway
, Kym Marsh
, Brenda Vaccarello
, Alex Henderson
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Sarah Van Dyk
, Gabrielle Veilleux
, Lisa Mallia
, Leslie Vermeer
, Debra Fisher
, Carol Parchewsky
, Dorianne Emmerton
, Joe Mitchell
, Judith Pearson
, Francine Eichenauer
, Maciej Krygier
editor@49thShelf.com
"One day, not long ago, I was kidnapped by a bitter but fun-loving South Korean art collector named Mr. Jackie Lin who had been burned one too many times by art forgers and wanted a bit of revenge."
So begins The Abduction of Seven Forgers, a brilliant and immensely entertaining novel with a colourful and unforgettable cast of characters. A group of artists are brought together under mysterious circumstances to a leafy London suburb. Once there, they are taken hostage by Mr. Lin, an angry art collector who demands that they create original works that will replace the forgeries he has obtained from each of them in the past.
Over the following days, the hostages discover that a twelve-year-old boy is hiding in crawl spaces behind the walls, and they agree to continue to keep him hidden from Mr. Lin. But things become immensely more complicated once Mr. Lin's daughter appears, purportedly to learn from the forgers -- there may be more to Mr. Lin's artistic plan than first meets the eye.
With dazzling inventiveness, Sean Dixon explores the power of art, both in its creation and its acquisition, and creates a vivid world where artworks can -- and do -- come to life. The Abduction of Seven Forgers brings together the artistic obsession of The Goldfinch, the stakes of Bel Canto, and the intelligent imagination demonstrated by Yann Martel and David Mitchell, with a flair that is all Sean Dixon's own.
