Larger	The Forger : A Novel Author: Paul Watkins
	Book Information Publisher: Picador Book Type: Paperback Rating: 3 ISBN-13: 9780312276966 - ISBN-10: 0312276966 Publication Date: 11/3/2001 Pages: 336

On the eve of World War II, David Halifax, a young American painter, receives a scholarship to come to Paris and work under the tutelage of the mysterious Russian artist Alexander Pankratov. But as Nazi forces encroach, Halifax realizes the true purpose of his visit: to forge masterworks of the Paris museums, and with the aid of a wily art trader, barter the fakes to Hitler's legion of art dealers. What develops is a riveting cat-and-mouse game that moves through Paris's silent streets, through the tunnels beneath its museums, and eventually into the war-torn countryside of Normandy.