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A dazzling, witty and tenderly savage satire of London life and the art world that is also a surprising and wonderful love story. "[A] satire worthy of the pen of Evelyn Waugh. A real crowd pleaser" (Vanessa Berridge, Daily Express UK)."Though this novel goes into the darkest of dark places, the overall tone is totally delicious; conspicuous consumption on this scale hasn't been seen since the Eighties." - The Times (UK)Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday dinner. The painting now hers, talks, but only to us. Shrewd, spoiled, charming, world-weary and cynical, he comments perceptively on Annie, and the modern world and tells tales about his previous owners: Louis XV, Voltaire, and Catherine the Great among others. "The book may on occasion be silly and over-the-top, even for a satire. But Ms Rothschild writes with such exuberance and

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Author

Hannah Rothschild

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781408862445

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance