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The Ross Forgery

by William H. Hallahan

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"Ingenious" crime fiction with "a twisting shocker of a conclusion . . . You wouldn't believe so much suspense and tension could be generated" (The Washington Post).   A Texas millionaire has everything under the sun, including an impressive collection of Thomas J. Wise forgeries. He is the envy of every twentieth-century book collector. He is also the nemesis of New York tycoon Emmett O'Kane, who has everything under the sun but a Wise folio. O'Kane commissions Edgar Ross, a brilliant down-at-the-heels type designer, to make him a Wise folio, to create a forgery of a forgery. But he wants Ross to go one step further: He wants a Wise forgery that doesn't exist! Ross knows this is not only an illegal undertaking; it is an impossible one. But he owes the Family a large gambling debt, and he knows that the Family collects its debts in brutal, often fatal ways . . .   "Electrifying . . . spellbinding . . . beautifully plotted . . . a terrific climax . . . don't miss it." --The New York Times   "Fascinating." --The Times (London)  … (more)
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As a mystery story, barely there. As the odd novel focused around a literary forgery, well worth a read. A pretty doofy and down-on-his-luck type designer ropes in a friend to create a fake Wise forgery so that a wealthy collector can rub it in a competitor's face. But things are not quite what they seem ...

Some interesting detail on what such a project would entail, though, and on the sorts of things that Carter and Pollard used to debunk the original forgeries. For that, an interesting example of the genre. ( )
  JBD1 | Sep 29, 2015 |
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"Ingenious" crime fiction with "a twisting shocker of a conclusion . . . You wouldn't believe so much suspense and tension could be generated" (The Washington Post).   A Texas millionaire has everything under the sun, including an impressive collection of Thomas J. Wise forgeries. He is the envy of every twentieth-century book collector. He is also the nemesis of New York tycoon Emmett O'Kane, who has everything under the sun but a Wise folio. O'Kane commissions Edgar Ross, a brilliant down-at-the-heels type designer, to make him a Wise folio, to create a forgery of a forgery. But he wants Ross to go one step further: He wants a Wise forgery that doesn't exist! Ross knows this is not only an illegal undertaking; it is an impossible one. But he owes the Family a large gambling debt, and he knows that the Family collects its debts in brutal, often fatal ways . . .   "Electrifying . . . spellbinding . . . beautifully plotted . . . a terrific climax . . . don't miss it." --The New York Times   "Fascinating." --The Times (London)  

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