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Book of the Week The Vanishing Man Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 The Velasquez portrait, still in the possession of the Snare family, returns to Reading.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 Snare is awarded damages by the Edinburgh court but, despite this, is nowhere to be seen.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 John Snare decides to show his famous picture north of the border.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 It is 1847, and John Snare invites the public to admire his Velasquez portrait.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 By Laura Cumming. An auction bargain ignites a humble bookseller with a lifelong obsession