“PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION is remarkably self-assured, astute, worldly, and well-informed: in fact, it does not look like a first novel at all. Its subject matter—stolen paintings, and Nazis, and the insatiable hunger for beauty—requires both erudition and brilliance, and Sara Houghteling has plenty of both, along with a sense of humor and a warm heart.”
--Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief
Set in a Paris darkened by World War II, Sara Houghteling’s sweeping and sensuous debut novel tells the story of a son’s quest to recover his family’s lost masterpieces, looted by the Nazis during the occupation.
