{"product_id":"9781804947821","title":"Objects of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute gem. Dark, funny and iconoclastic' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Razor-sharp and deeply unsettling \u003c\/b\u003ewhile being\u003cb\u003e endlessly entertaining. A triumph.' \u003c\/b\u003eJENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delicious, literary feast. A wickedly funny and sharply relevant novel of duplicity and betrayal with a glittering cast of literary greats.' \u003c\/b\u003eANNA MAZZOLA, author of THE BOOK OF SECRETS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterful novel, OBJECTS OF DESIRE is utterly irresistible; it's dark and wickedly fun. One of my favourite books of the year so far.'\u003c\/b\u003e FLORA CARR, author of THE TOWER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A biting, unflinching study of art and deceit . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNeil Blackmore has achieved his best work yet.' \u003c\/b\u003eANNIE GARTHWAITE, author of CECILY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugo Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. Out of nowhere, he receives an extraordinary lifeline: an offer from his longtime publisher. Two million dollars, for a memoir and a new novel.\u003cbr\u003eThe money will solve all his problems - except for one thing. Hugo Hunter is an imposter. He stole both of his novels. Now, how far will he go to produce a third?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once dark, moving and deliciously vicious, OBJECTS OF DESIRE traverses the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, featuring an astonishing cast of characters. It is both a colourful glimpse into the lives of the cultural elite, and a tense, gripping story of betrayal, deceit, and literary fraud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Neil Blackmore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An astounding story . . . I relished every page.' \u003cb\u003eSIR IAN McKELLAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most original voices in historical fiction today.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compellingly real.'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e DAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57159776731509,"sku":"9781804947821","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781804947821.jpg?v=1778506105","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781804947821","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}