A Beautiful Crime A Novel
A Beautiful Crime A Novel by Christopher Bollen is a first edition published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2020, featuring 400 pages in English. This intricately plotted narrative unfolds in contemporary Venice, where a young American couple, Nick Brink and Clay Guillory, embark on a risky con involving counterfeit antiques. Their plan to escape their turbulent lives in New York City takes a turn as they navigate the complexities of deception and personal ambition against the backdrop of the city’s enchanting yet decaying beauty.
Readers will find a story rich in intrigue and psychological depth, exploring themes of love, class, and the consequences of greed. As Nick and Clay’s scheme unravels, they confront their pasts and the challenges of their aspirations. The novel intertwines elements of suspense and literary fiction, offering a meditation on the legacy of bohemian culture while delivering a twisty grifter tale. A Beautiful Crime presents a nuanced exploration of the characters’ motivations and the moral ambiguities they face in their pursuit of a better future.
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An L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist An O Magazine Best Book of the Year
“Stylish… a compelling take on the eternal question of how good people morph into criminals. Terrific.”–People, Book of the Week
From the author of The Destroyers comes an intricately plotted and elegantly structured (Newsday) story of intrigue and deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a risky con.
When Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind–and it doesn’t involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay’s smarts and Nick’s charm, their scheme is sure to succeed.
As it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn’t as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city’s decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams.
A Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice’s soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers a brilliantly conceived international crime story (Good Morning America).
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