Fake, Erica Katz
Fake, Erica Katz
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Fake
A Novel

Author: Erica Katz

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/22/2022


Synopsis

“'Fake' is great fun, offering a peek into a world of glitz that most of us will never glimpse firsthand."" —Washington Post From the author of The Boys’ Club, a gripping novel set in the high-stakes world of art forgery that moves across the globe, from the trendy art galleries of Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood to the high-flying international art fairs of Hong Kong.Can you spot the difference? Emma Caan is a fake. She’s a forger, an artist who specializes in nineteenth-century paintings. But she isn’t a criminal; her copies are commissioned by museums and ultra-wealthy collectors protecting their investments. Emma’s more than mastered a Gauguin brushstroke and a van Gogh wheat field, but her work is sometimes a painful reminder of the artistic dreams she once chased for herself, when she was younger and before her family and her world fell apart. When oligarch art collector Leonard Sobetsky unexpectedly appears with an invitation, Emma sees a way out—a new job, a new path for herself, and access to the kind of money she needs to support her unstable and recently widowed mother. But every invitation incurs an obligation . . . and Emma isn’t prepared for what’s to come. As she’s pulled further into Leonard’s opulent scene, she will discover what’s lurking beneath the glitz and glamour. When she does, the past she’s worked hard to overcome will collide with the present, making her wonder how much of her carefully curated life is just as fake as her forgeries . . .

About Erica Katz

Erica Katz is the pseudonym for a graduate of Columbia Law School who began her career at a major Manhattan law firm. A native of New Jersey, she now lives in New York City, where she’s employed at another large law firm. The Boys’ Club is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on February 22, 2022

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! “Can you spot the difference?” Emma Caan is an artist whose job is to copy famous paintings, stroke by stroke. The job is legitimate, but she would love to be painting her own work. One day, art collector Leonard Sobetsky asks to meet with Emma. He’s been buying her copied art f......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on January 09, 2023

This is my second novel by Katz. I loved the first one and had high hopes for this one as well. Although it didn’t blow me away I still enjoyed it immensely. Being invited into a glamorous art world was thrilling. The attraction towards a different lifestyle was convincing, the buzz of another sale,......more

Goodreads review by emilybookedup on December 12, 2021

teetering between 4/4.5 stars as i take more time to digest the story! thank you to Erica and Harper for the gifted advanced copy ❤️ FAKE does what i loved most about THE BOYS CLUB—immersed me in a foreign world i knew nothing about but couldn’t get enough of. instead of big law, this time it was art......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on February 09, 2022

I received a copy of this book for free from the publisher (Harper Books) for promotional purposes. I give this book 4.5 stars. I previously read the author’s debut book, The Boys’ Club, and loved it, so I knew I just had to read this one. Once again, I was not disappointed! Like her previous novel,......more

Goodreads review by Sunny on August 22, 2022

Maybe 4.5 Thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful glimpse into the NYC art world and the lives of the rich and glamorous, the shady shit and the forgery. Our main characters trauma as written through the first person past tense was a good choice for the writing. The novel’s structure of alternating the F......more