The Japanese Fire Tree

<p class=ql-align-justify><sup>While Blanche Christie sits in jail looking at certain conviction-the unwitting victim of a scam to steal 'The Japanese Fire Tree' a valuable Egon Schiele painting owned by a wealthy American collector-her friends concoct an audacious scheme to set her free.</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree</em> is a novel</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree </em>is a satire of the art world</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree</em> is a multi-media montage including disintegrating art</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree </em>is an art object</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree</em> is an indictment of contemporary America - 1984 redux</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree</em> is full of fakes and fakers</sup></p><p class=ql-align-justify><sup><em>The Japanese Fire Tree</em> is a handbook for street art activists</sup></p><p><br></p>