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The Modigliani Scandal Mass Market Paperback – July 15, 1986

by Ken Follett (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 8,647 ratings
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A high-speed, high-stakes thriller from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense. Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now.

A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize—for an art historian whose ambition consumes everyone around her, an angry young painter with a plan for revenge on the art establishment, and a desperate gallery owner who may have double-crossed his own life away. Behind the elegance and glamour of the art world, anything goes—theft, forgery, betrayal, and maybe even murder. . . .
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  1. Part of series
    The first American edition of an early Follett with a new introduction by the author
  2. Print length
    304 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Penguin Books
  5. Publication date
    July 15, 1986
  6. Dimensions
    4.12 x 0.78 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0451147960
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0451147967
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Praise for the novels of Ken Follett

"Great entertainment." —The Baltimore Sun

"Gripping." —The New York Times

"Follett really knows how to tell a story." —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Follett is a master of crafty plot and incredible detail." —Time 

"The man tells a story so well. . . . Follett can make things glow with some beautifully written episodes." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Follett is a master." —The Washington Post 

"Few authors deliver as consistently as Follett." —Pittsburgh Press

"A major talent." —Booklist

About the Author

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. 

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
 
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
 
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (July 15, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451147960
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451147967
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.12 x 0.78 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 8,647 ratings

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Ken Follett

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Ken Follett was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning EYE OF THE NEEDLE, which became an international bestseller. His celebrated PILLARS OF THE EARTH was voted into the top 100 of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel, WORLD WITHOUT END, was published to critical acclaim. He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire.

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I enjoyed this book in the kindle version, its a light art-heist book. I appreciated Follet's characters and his attempt to make them more complex that mere good/bad.However, I had issues with the Audible version. The file that I received contained only 11 chapters, while the book has 4 parts of 5 chapters each. Plus, the chapters that it did contain, were not labeled as the ones in the book, so it was difficult to go back and forth trying to find the corresponding chapters to kindle (Whispersync was not working for some reason).
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Rebecca McGilvray
3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to standard for Follett.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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This was a somewhat amusing read, but not nearly as good as I expected. I would recommend you choose another Follett novel.
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Myron M. Miller
4.0 out of 5 stars Justice in London’s sophisticated Art Gallery World
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018
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A typically good Follett read but not as smooth as his usual work. For example, he usually does not include in his stories an apparently unnecessary aside without a connection to the plot ultimately to be revealed with an “oh yes” reader response. In this story, however, Sarah, the sexually unfaithful wife of Julian (who is a wannabe London art gallery owner and who has been financially up-fronted by Sarah’s extremely wealthy and art devote daddy) after Julian discovers and photographs Sarah in an adulterous situation (typically carefully described by Follett), usually weekly joins Julian for dinner with daddy. Daddy has an extensive collection of master pieces including a recently discovered and long lost Modigliani which Julian’s actress friend and her boyfriend want to see. So Julian arranges for the actress and boyfriend to attend one of the weekly dinners. Follett has them all seated at the dinner table after viewing the collection but passingly notes that Sarah is not with them this evening. For the rest of the novel I looked for the significance of Sarah’s absence, to no avail. It wasn’t there; it seemed superfluous if intreging. Even so, this is still a well worked story with an inventive way, if a bit contorted but believable, of faking a painting’s provenance so that two idealistic young artists can seriously prank the art gallery greed that keeps artists from receiving just recommence for their work and get away with it by the skin of their teeth. Those who hunger and thirst for justice will love the ending.
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ParbleuParbleu
5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2023
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There was a tongue-in-cheek about it that was quite irresistible. The characters were interesting and the plot fanciful. All that planning, all the scheming, all to reach a surprising ending.
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ED
2.0 out of 5 stars Dull story
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
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Not the normal pace of Ken Follet books I've read and I've read quite a few. Just an ok read.
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Cabushka
3.0 out of 5 stars Just so so
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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Convoluted. Was happy for it to be over. Too many crooks spoil the broth. I almost bailed but hung in to the end.
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Pierce W. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone is a crook, and none are crooks!
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023
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Confusing but logical. All the innocents of the art world are crooks? A great tale. Makes me want to visit Italy! Enjoy!
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Mark R. Reeves MD
5.0 out of 5 stars good writer, good book.
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023
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I've enjoyed all of his books, some have been made into movies that were good, also. Eye of the needle and the movie was one of my favorites.
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Dragutin Savic
1.0 out of 5 stars The good and bad in Mr. Folet writings
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020
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The worst book Ken Folet ever produced. I did something that, as long I remember never did, I discarded the book about 50 phages before the end. However, I like K. Folet very much.is His England history from 10th to 16 century is great. I learned so much. Right now I am polowing trough his third book of 20th century trilogy (3.000 pages) and can't stop reading it. The weak poit in this trylogy is that the text is pepperd with full detailes of what people used to wear at every occasion. Extremely boring. I learned to skip the whole paragraphs. And the last but not the least, SEX. I also learnd to skip this pornographic pages, yes the whole pages. I don't understand what he wanted to achieve with that. Maybe to attract high school kid to bye his book so they can masturbate over the book. Or, maybe Mr. Folet sufffers some supressed sexual problem. There are many other books who written by Mr. Folet whic are also mediocre with the exception of Eye of the needle whis is phantastic. Very uneven writer.
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Muriel P.
3.0 out of 5 stars It's up to you.
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2023
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I love reading Ken Follet, but this book did not get my attention as others did.
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J. Filho
3.0 out of 5 stars Para os fans de Ken Follet
Reviewed in Brazil on July 24, 2023
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Não há dúvidas que prende a atenção , mas há outros títulos melhores do autor. Lembra às vezes uma obra de Daniel Silva sem espionagem.
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Rebecca
3.0 out of 5 stars No a la altura de sus otros libros
Reviewed in Spain on March 15, 2023
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No a la altura de sus otros libros pero entretenida
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Mandrek Larl
4.0 out of 5 stars It would be too easy to knock The Modigliani Scandal, but come on we all have to start somewhere ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2020
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...but if you thinking of buying this because you are a lover of Ken Follett's books then two words: caveat emptor.

It would be very easy to knock "The Modigliani Scandal", but come on, we all have to start somewhere. OK so its a simple read although there are too many characters for the scale of the story that makes it confusing at times and difficult to remember who's who, there is a quite a lot of fluff that just fills out the page count, and yes it's too contrived and there are too many coincidences, and of course it's dated; I could go on but you get the point. But as a quirky little tale it's quite fun; there's a twist in the last few pages that is worth waiting for and you can detect the signature "Follett" style that would emerge fully formed later, but here it's a bit raw, in many ways a lot like an early Modigliani before he properly hit his stride.

So while it's not a five star read, it's quirky and would make a nice little two hour period TV piece for a Bank Holiday weekend, so give it a chance but remember you have been warned.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mittelmäßig
Reviewed in Germany on February 3, 2020
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Der Roman ist streckenweise ganz unterhaltsam, aber nicht besonders gut strukturiert und einiges wirkt sehr gequält.
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