{"product_id":"objects-of-desire-by-neil-blackmore-1","title":"Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Razor-sharp and deeply unsettling while being endlessly entertaining. A triumph.' JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A delicious, literary feast. A wickedly funny and sharply relevant novel of duplicity and betrayal with a glittering cast of literary greats.' ANNA MAZZOLA, author of THE BOOK OF SECRETS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A masterful novel, OBJECTS OF DESIRE is utterly irresistible; it?s dark and wickedly fun. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of my favourite books of the year so far.' FLORA CARR, author of THE TOWER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A biting, unflinching study of art and deceit . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeil Blackmore has achieved his best work yet.' ANNIE GARTHWAITE, author of CECILY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHugo Hunter was the most celebrated gay novelist of the 20th century. He published two masterpieces, securing his place alongside the dazzling literary greats of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and rubbing shoulders with everyone from Truman Capote to James Baldwin, Gore Vidal and George Orwell. But after decades of fame and excess, just as New York City enters the 1980s and awakes to the coming horror of AIDS, Hugo finds himself running out of money.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of nowhere, he receives an extraordinary lifeline: an offer from his longtime publisher. Two million dollars, for a memoir and a new novel. The money will solve all his problems... except for one thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHugo Hunter is an imposter. He stole both of his novels. Now, how far will he go to produce a third?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once dark, moving and deliciously vicious, OBJECTS OF DESIRE traverses the 20th century, featuring an astonishing cast of characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is both a colourful glimpse into the lives of the cultural elite, and a tense, gripping story of betrayal, deceit, and literary fraud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 347 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58176622952829,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/ood.webp?v=1778864168","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.co.uk\/products\/objects-of-desire-by-neil-blackmore-1","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}