The Golden Calves Author:Louis Auchincloss In this novel, set in a fictitious New York museum, the bequest of a rich but high-minded elderly lady is vandalized by the scheming lawyer who heads the board of trustees. Claverack, the board's chairman, is also executor of the will of Evelyn Speddon, who has been given an autonomous enclave at the museum for her holdings in the decorative... more » arts.
But Claverack eagerly awaits Miss Speddon's death so that with her bequest he can bend the museum to his own... interests--mainly contemporary painting. Miss Speddon's enclave is presided over by Anita Vogel, whom she regards as a daughter. To promote the Speddon bequest, Claverack bids Mark Addams, the museum's young director, to pursue Anita with a show of romantic interest.« less