
What's Bred in the Bone
Robertson Davies
Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, a master art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis's life were not always what they seemed. In this wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, Robertson Davies has created a spellbinding tale of artistic triumph and heroic deceit.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Viking
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN-13
- 9780670809165
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Art and forgeryIdentity and secrecyEspionage
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1986)
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