Sebastian Zollner is Set on Writing the Biography of the Painter Manuel Kaminski. yet Kaminski - Once a Pupil of Matisse, Now an Ailing Recluse - is Not the Kind of Character to Willingly Embrace Such a Project. and Zollner - Inept, Charmless, and With Scant Knowledge of Art History - is Hardly the Man to Undertake It. so It's a Good Job Sebastian Has an Ace Up His Sleeve, and That Kaminski Will Have Little Choice in the Matter...