A masterful noviel o synovi veľkého maliarskeho strivingu k tvorbe svojej legacy, by bestselling author of The Imperfectionists.
Osvedčený, kým jeho otec, medveď, uzatvorený okolo Ríma v roku 1950, Pinch learns quickly, že Bear's genius trumps all. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy of jeho otcova attention--first trying to be a painter himself; then resolving to write jeho father's biography; eventually settling, disillusioned, into a job ako Italian teacher in London. Ale keď Bear dies, Pinch hatches a scheme to secure jeho otec legacy - a urobiť jeho mark na svete.
So svojou podmienkou humanity a humoru, Tom Rachman examines a ľuďom žijú v tieni bohatstva, cementing jeho miesto medzi jeho generáciou je most exciting literary voices.