The Forger - Paul Watkins

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Résumé :
The new novel by Paul Watkins, hailed by the Sunday Telegraph as'a writer of rare and precocious power', is a taut thriller that brilliantly captures the atmosphere of wartime Paris. It is 1939, and young American art student David Halifax has ventured to Paris - just before the outbreak of the Second World War. An art dealer puts some of his paintings on the market, attempting to pass them off as the work of an Old Master, but when the ruse is uncovered, it is Halifax who is arrested, and charged with forgery. As the Nazis converge upon Paris, Halifax is then press-ganged into service by the Resistance. Halifax is painfully aware that this unwanted commission is one that could cost him his life...

Biographie:
Paul Watkins was born in 1964. He is the son of Welsh parents and was educated at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale. His previous novels are Night Over Day Over Night, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, In the Blue Light of African Dreams, The Promise of Light, Archangel, and The Story of My Disappearance. He has also written a book about his experiences at public school, Stand Before Your God.