The Straw Man

by Barbara Goldsmith

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345294238
• ISBN13: 9780345294234
• Release Date: May 1981
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.

Customer Reviews

darkly hilarious art-world dish

Straw Man is a delicious look at New York's artworld in the days when the Met ("the Urban" in the book) was expanding into Central Park. The hero has more money than happiness; his adolescent fantasies revolve around the women in million-dollar paintings, and his grown-up pursuit of an enigmatic woman is a great read. (Especially apt is the scene in which he has to walk a long way uptown because he doesn't have anything smaller than a $100 bill for a cab.) If you're interested in the New York artworld, you MUST read this book.