Lead White - Couverture souple

Lyons, Ronan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 191074283X ISBN 13 : 9781910742839

Editeur : Liberties Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Art dealer Hugh Rhattigan is heavily in debt to Douglas Virgo, a freelance fixer for some of the most powerful banks and corporations in London. With little hope of repaying the debt, Hugh is coerced into establishing a gallery as a front for illicit payments. Blue-chip banks and corporations can’t easily show bumper staff bonuses in the accounts any more, let alone bribes to politicians to stave off regulation, or payments for Bolivian coke-flake and all manner of other nocturnal pursuits, so why not book these outgoings as a piece of art? All they need is a gallery to provide the paperwork and an artist to manufacture the work. But the gallery is soon dragged into a turf war between rival criminal gangs, while a host of ever-richer, ever-greedier collectors set about making a killing of their own. Like a Breaking Bad in the art world, Lead White is gripping, irreverent and very, very funny. A page-turner from an exciting new talent.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Roann Lyons has worked as a staff journalist with the Economist Group, covering eastern Europe, Russia and the former Soviet republics. He is a founding director of the Molesworth Gallery, one of Ireland's leading contemporary art galleries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liberties Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 191074283X
• ISBN 13: 9781910742839
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible