Pavao Pavličić is one of the best Croatian crime writers, and he also wrote theoretical book about the genre. In this novel we follow talented painter who manages to forge all kinds of artwork, paintings, documents and so on, which soon involves him into trouble with authorities. There is underlying theme here whether falsificates can be viewed as legitimate art, and whether all things in world are falsified.
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