cover image The Very Last Gambado

The Very Last Gambado

Jonathan Gash. Penguin Books, $5.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014738-4

While acting as a consultant for a movie about a British museum heist, Lovejoy, a promiscuous dealer/forger of antiques, is drawn into a gambado--i.e., a scam on a magnificent scale--involving heirlooms, death and a mysterious disappearance. ``In irreverent, lively prose, Gash leads Lovejoy through an intricate plot that will challenge even the closest readers,'' said PW. (Sept.)