A lusty historical novel of art scams, high society, and excess in Golden Age Paris, tracing a con man’s path to Pittsburgh elite.
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A lusty historical novel of art scams, high society, and excess in Golden Age Paris, tracing a con man’s path to Pittsburgh elite.
The Simard family were the crème de la crème of Pittsburgh society, baskingin a French heritage that went back to 1758 when Pittsburgh was called FortDuquesne - except it was all a lie. Their wealth and status sprang from one forefather, Shawn Callahan from Maine. In 1910 he absconded with stolen money to Paris, teaming up withReggie, a titled rascal Englishman, to scam the gullible rich. Young and cocky, whenthey weren't feeding their appetite for food and flesh, they were selling works of art ...
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Lusty tone with brothels, casual sex, and appetite-for-flesh themes
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Period Paris bistros and high-society excess; drinking implied
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No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonology content present
Class, status, and society-of-the-era background themes
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Brothels and transactional sex in period setting; not graphic
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