Le Condottière is a posthumous novel by the French writer Georges Perec, originally written between 1957 and 1960, but published in 2012 by the publishing house Seuil, in its collection "Librairie du XXe et du XXIe siècles" directed by Maurice Olender.Its protagonist is Gaspard Winckler, a prominent forger of paintings by famous painters who has murdered his boss, Anatole Madera, after trying in vain to finish what would be his masterpiece, a condottiero that he would pass off as a creation of Antonello da Messina. The book is dedicated to Jacques Lederer, with whom he corresponded, venting about the editorial rejection of the novel. Part of the contents of these letters, along with other editorial information, are included in a foreword written by Claude Burgelin, who also provides some biographical information about the author. Source: Wikipedia (en)