{"product_id":"the-raphael-affair-9780425178928","title":"The Raphael Affair","description":"\"Deliciously literate\" (\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e) and filled with \"articulate characters and erudite art commentary\" (\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e), this acclaimed series of novels by \u003cb\u003eIain Pears\u003c\/b\u003e combines art and history, literature and mystery fiction, with the same passion for detail he displayed in his \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e bestseller \u003cb\u003eAn Instance of the Fingerpost\u003c\/b\u003e. In \u003cb\u003eThe Raphael Affair\u003c\/b\u003e, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Jonathan Argyll, an enthusiastic young art scholar from England who has followed his suspicions about a long-lost Raphael painting to a small church in Rome. Not only is the painting in question gone from the site, it has been swiftly purchased, restored, auctioned, and installed in Rome's National Museum. But when the recovered Raphael is just as swiftly destroyed in a fire, Argyll begins to suspect its authenticity...and the innocence of every person in its path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425178928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.23w x 0.71d","brand":"Iain Pears","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935401742517,"sku":"9780425178928","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c4d09a02-f94a-40fc-a638-3dc15ea8caf6.jpg?v=1688488052","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-raphael-affair-9780425178928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}