CHASING CEZANNE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of
the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle’s new novel. He flies us back
to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible
best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through
galleries, homes of prominent collectors, and wickedly delectable
restaurants. There are stopovers in the Bahamas and England, and in
New York, where that glossiest of magazines, Decorating Quarterly,
reflects the cutting-edge trendiness of its editor, Camilla Jameson
Porter. (Camilla has recently broken new ground in the world of
power lunches by booking two tables on the same day, and shuttling
between them, at the city’s trendiest restaurant.) It is Camilla
who has sent our hero, Andre Kelly, to Cap Ferrat to take glamorous
photo-graphs of the houses and treasures of the rich, famous, and
fatuous. He happens to have his camera at the ready when he spots a
Cezanne being loaded onto a plumber’s truck near the home of an
absent collector. Odd, thinks Andre. And in no time he’s on the
trail of a state-of-the-art art scam, chasing Cezanne. It’s a joy
to follow him and the crowds intent on speeding or foiling his
quest–including a beautiful agent; a super-savvy art dealer
attracted to the finer things in life, especially if they promise
the payoff of a lifetime; an awesome Dutch forger; some
outstandingly greedy New York sophisticates; and, invisible in the
background, the parade of remarkable chefs whose mouthwatering
culinary masterpieces periodically soothe the hero and tantalize
the reader of Chasing Cezanne.