The Recognitions

First published in 1955, this lively, witty, and labyrinthine novel hangs out in the pantheon of 20th-century American fiction. Wyatt Gwyon forges not from larcency but from love. Exactingly faithful to thespirit and letter of the Flemish masters, he produces uncannily accurate "originals" - pictures the painters themselves might hasve envied. In an age of counterfeit emotion and taste, the real and the fake have become indistinguishable; yet Gwyon's forgeries reflect a truth that others cannot touch - cannot even recognize. 956p.