“A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason.” —John Le Carré A moving novel about the destructive power of greed s

A group of impoverished artists living in France stage the death of a friend to increase the value of his paintings and then must engage in cross-dressing, dece

Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as tot

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"Centered around Madeline Karno, an ambitious young woman eager to shatter the confines of 1890s France, this novel is a gripping mystery that takes the reader