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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Art of the Matter, Whispering Wind, the Veteran. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "The Art of the Matter" is short story in Frederick Forsyth's book The Veteran (2001). Set around the turn of the millennium in London, it tells the story of a middle-aged, impoverished, out-of-work actor, Trumpington Gore, who seeks revenge after being defrauded by the CEO of an art auction house. Trumpington Gore was an extra in hundreds of films, but lately work has been scarce and he took a family heirloom painting to the House of Darcy to be valued due to his precarious financial situation. He estimates that the painting is worth around 100. When Evans came in to examine the last hand-ins. Painting D 1601 looked familiar to him but he only realises its value late at night. The following morning he e-mails a letter to Mortlake and Slade stating that he thinks it is a Sassetta and should be authenticated by Prof. Guido Colenso. Slade is from an affluent family but has had financial problems lately. He conspires with Reggie Fanshawe of the Fanshawe Gallery to defraud Mr Gore. Slade removes the email sent to Mortlake, and sends Evans far away to Caithness in Scotland to value a private collection. Slade informs Gore that the painting is worth 6,000 8,000, and Gore authorises its auction. In January, Fanshawe bids against a fictional rival and eventually buys the painting for 6k. In April, Fanshawe puts the painting up for display after having it cleaned. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary sitting and gazing upwards as the Archangel Gabriel brings her news that she would soon bear the Son of God. Colenso had authenticated it as dating from the period 14001450 painted by Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo (aka Sassetta). The painti...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2974297