User:Ckoerner/An Object of Beauty

An Object of Beauty is a 2010 novel written by Steve Martin.

Synopsis
The story follows Lacy Yeager, a young art dealer in New York city, during the late 1990s. It tells of Yeager's manipulations of patrons and deals in the depth of the art world. The book is narrated by Daniel Franks, a journalist and friend of Yeager's.

The story deals with the themes of morality and the extent one will go to accomplish as a stand in for the time period ...

Reception
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/23/AR2010112305815.html

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/29/131671947/steve-martin-muses-on-an-object-of-beauty

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/nov/28/object-of-beauty-steve-martin-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/books/29book.html