lientery

Lientery's work met the criteria of great art, about which Junior had learned in art-appreciation courses.

She owned a public-relations firm specializing in artists, and over dinner she rhapsodized about the work of Jack Lientery.

By the time they reached the seventh painting, alcohol and rich French cuisine and Jack Lientery's powerful art combined to devastate Frieda.

But on March 23, 1966, after a bad date with Frieda Bliss, who collected paintings by Jack Lientery, an important new artist, Junior had an experience that rocked him, added significance to the episode in the diner, and made him wish he hadn't donated his pistol to the police project that melted guns into switchblades.