In this humorous novel about the art world and its excesses, the appearance of a lost painting that may or may not be by Bruegel occasions a series of exercises in deceit, betrayal, and blind optimism when the man who comes across it at the home of a neighbor resolves that he must possess it at all ...
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Centered in Rummidge, a sprawling industrial town in the English midlands, Nice Work confirms Lodge's rare capacity to be thought-provoking, moving, and very funny. "A singularly brilliant and invigorating performance".--Chicago Tribune.
When her niece brings home the illiterate soldier she hopes to marry, Auntie Nellie, an elderly dressmaker in wartime Liverpool, discovers that his intentions are not honorable, and murders him. Nominated for the Booker Prize in 1973.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Moore's novel explores the psyche of a woman in a mediocre marriage who, on vacation in France, succumbs to a brief affair that will change her life.