The Forger's Daughter: A Novel

by Bradford Morrow

Overview

The author of the acclaimed suspense novel The Forger returns to the dangerously rarified world of literary forgery in this tense sequel.

When a scream shatters the summer night outside their country house in the Hudson Valley, reformed literary forger Will and his wife Meghan find their daughter Maisie shaken and bloodied, holding a parcel her attacker demanded she present to her father. Inside is a literary rarity the likes of which few have ever handled, and a letter laying out impossible demands regarding its future.

After twenty years on the straight and narrow, Will finds himself ensnared in a plot to counterfeit the rarest book in American literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane, of which only a dozen copies are known to exist. Facing threats from his former nemesis Henry Slader, Will must rely on the artistic skills of his older daughter Nicole to help create a flawless forgery of this Holy Grail of American letters.

Part mystery, part case study of the shadowy side of the book trade, and part homage to the writer who invented the detective tale, The Forger’s Daughter draws readers into the diabolically clever—and, for some, inescapable—world of literary forgery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802149275
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/08/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bradford Morrow is the author of eight previous novels, including The Forgers, The Diviner’s Tale, and most recently, The Prague Sonata, as well as a short-story collection, The Uninnocent. He is the founding editor of Conjunctions and has contributed to many anthologies and journals. A professor of literature and Bard Center Fellow at Bard College, he lives in New York City.

Bradford Morrow (b. 1951) is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, editor, and author of children’s books. He grew up in Colorado and traveled extensively before settling in New York and launching the renowned literary journal Conjunctions. His novel The Almanac Branch was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and for Trinity Fields, Morrow was the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Academy Award in Literature. He has garnered numerous other accolades for his fiction, including O. Henry and Pushcart prizes, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. Morrow is a professor of literature and Bard Center Fellow at Bard College.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Bradford Morrow and The Forgers:

“An excellent suspense novel. . .Bradford Morrow is, quite skillfully, paying homage to one of Agatha Christie’s most famous whodunits. Yet even then, he offers a few twists of his own and will keep all but the most astute mystery aficionado guessing about the truth until the end.”— Washington Post, on The Forgers

“From its provocative opening line . . . Bradford Morrow’s latest novel takes on a knowing, noirish tone, like a crime movie by the Coen brothers. . . . The pleasure of reading The Forgers comes not only from trying to figure out what happened to Diehl but also in deciding, chapter by chapter, how much trust to grant the narrator, who is our only source.”— Miami Herald, on The Forgers

“Like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle . . . delightful to read.”— NPR.org, on The Forgers

“The Forgers is quintessential Bradford Morrow. Brilliantly written as a suspense novel, lethally enthralling to read, and filled with arcane, fascinating information—in this case, the rarified world of high-level literary forgery.”— Joyce Carol Oates, on The Forgers

“The Forgers is remarkable. Bradford Morrow is remarkable. The Real Thing, which is rare on this earthly plane.”— Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours and The Snow Queen, on The Forgers

“Written in a highly polished style . . . The Forgers is an unusual blend of mystery, romance, and the fine art of the fake.”— Mystery Scene, on The Forgers

“[An] artfully limned suspense novel. . .The insights Morrow offers into the lure of collecting, the rush of forgery as a potentially creative act, and underlying questions of authenticity render the whodunit one of the lesser mysteries of this sly puzzler.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) , on The Forgers

“Will, the narrator of Morrow’s seventh novel, is a fine creation.”— Kirkus Reviews, on The Forgers

From the Publisher

04/01/2020

The founding editor of Conjunctions, Morrow follows up his LibraryReads-crowned literary mystery, The Forgers, with former literary sleight-of-hand man Will compelled by old colleague Henry Slader to create a convincing replica of Edgar Allan Poe's Tamerlane, of which only a dozen copies have survived. Daughter Nicole contributes her artistic talents. Watch for Poe events in New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond, VA.

Library Journal