that when baseball outfielder Brick Eldred was suspended by his team for refusing to pay a fine, another team acquired him, paid the fine, and gave him a raise? that Jupiter is sometimes called a "cosmic vacuum cleaner" because of frequent impacts from asteroids and comets (example pictured) ? ( Full article.)Ĭollision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with Jupiter A Beautiful Crime has drawn comparisons to novels by Patricia Highsmith, particularly The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955). Critics praised Bollen's depictions of Venice and the relationships between the characters but disagreed on the effectiveness of the narrative's pace. The novel explores the overtourism and depopulation of Venice, and the intersection of greed, moral ambiguity, and social inequality. Their deception quickly leads to more serious crimes, as Clay attempts to sell an expensive property that he does not fully own and Nick murders a silver appraiser who threatened to expose their sale of forgeries. The story, which is set in Venice, centers on boyfriends Nick and Clay, who sell an inherited collection of forged silver antiques to a wealthy acquaintance from Clay's past. It was first published in the United States by Harper on January 28, 2020. A Beautiful Crime is a 2020 crime fiction novel by the American writer and editor Christopher Bollen (pictured).
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