1st/ 1st edition The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears (Hardcover, 1992) Gollancz
The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears (Hardcover, 1992). \n\nFirst printing in VGC.\nSome light ageing spots on top edge of pages.\nClever\n Italian art-history crime series featuring scholar and dealer Jonathon \nArgyll, from the author of the best-selling masterpiece \u2018An Instance of \nthe Fingerpost\u2019.\nThe hardest part of being an art \ndealer is having to sell your beloved works. For Jonathan Argyll, the \npain is soothed when an American billionaire agrees to pay a vast sum \nfor a relatively minor piece.\nArriving in the \nCalifornian sunshine eager to collect his cheque, Jonathan bumps into \none of his less scrupulous colleagues, and discovers he is not the \nAmerican's only seller. A bust of Pope Pius V is being smuggled out of \nItaly, and trouble is following in its wake.\nWithin \nhours, Jonathan's billionaire is dead and both the smuggler and his bust\n have gone missing. Thinking things can't get any worse, Jonathan calls \nfor the help of the Italian Art Theft Squad 6
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