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The book soars.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In January 1939, Pablo Picasso was renowned in Europe but disdained by many in the United States. One year later, Americans across the country were clamoring to see his art. How did the controversial leader of the Paris avant-garde break through to the heart of American culture?\u003cbr\u003e The answer begins a generation earlier, when a renegade Irish American lawyer named John Quinn set out to build the greatest collection of Picassos in existence. His dream of a museum to house them died with him, until it was rediscovered by Alfred H. 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