Download or read book The Collector Collector written by Tibor Fischer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-07-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An antique bowl that comes into the possession of a lovelorn London art appraiser is no ordinary piece of clay; it is a ceramic sage, an urn of uncommon erudition that has witnessed all of history's major convulsions. Through its mantel-eye view, the pottery narrates the hilarious events which unfold in this brilliant comic romp.