The portrait, paperback/antoine laurain

An enthralling mystery about chasing the unknown, the nostalgia for what could have been, and most importantly, the persistence of curiosity.

-- San Francisco Book Review on The Red Notebook Avid antiques collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him.

Researching into the paintings history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life .

Antoine Laurain is a Parisian screenwriter, antiques collector, and prize-winning novelist.

The Presidents Hat was a 2013 ABA Indies Introduce choice.