The Cubist Supremacy

A high-class Manhattan antique dealer, Carleton Peabody, is dismayed at the degradation of art and architecture in his beloved native city. He must cope with unscrupulous galleries and auction houses, who peddle their debased and infantile works as sophisticated cultural artifacts. Carleton teams up with his old army buddy, a Brooklynite with Mafia connections, to beat them at their own game. "Scamming the scammers," with the aid of some unlikely allies, yields some initial success, and quite a bit of profit. Carleton soon discovers, however, that he has stepped into a minefield. It appears that behind the scenes, the destruction of art is being pushed by some of the most powerful people in the world, and the agenda is far wider than a mere attack on aesthetics. When he reaches the inner circle of these purveyors of ruin, Carleton reveals a secret almost too horrible to bear: the very core of evil.