Description
| Product ID: | 9781788169950 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | All That Glitters |
| Subtitle: | A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK |
| Authors: | Author: Orlando Whitfield |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Memoirs, True crime, Memoirs, True crime |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless - if you can pay the price. As heard on BBC Radio 4''One of the hottest memoirs of 2024'' Sunday Times Style ''An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.'' Patrick Radden Keefe''Explosive ... the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history'' Guardian''Liar''s Poker, but for art'' Economist''A brilliant, devastating exposé'' William BoydDECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core.A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine. |
| Imprint Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-02 |
