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I love books that reimagine a story that is well known, challenging reader's assumptions about the characters or the circumstances they find themselves in, while also standing on its own for readers that haven't read the inspiration. JAMES brings Huck Finn's companion to life, giving him wit, intelligence, and agency. I read it twice, back-to-back. Easily my favorite read of 2025!
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
This book is a memoir and indeed a witness statement: the story of an unequal friendship between the author and his undergraduate best friend, Inigo Philbrick, a friendship that goes horribly wrong. Whitfield writes with the arresting immediacy of fiction. He reproduces key moments of dialogue and his descriptive writing presents a strong sense of place: key streets in London, restaurants, galleries, cocktail lounges, lavish American resorts, even walks across South London. For me, this book provided a revelatory insight into the market for contemporary art. I had never imagined that business deal brinkmanship could be so tense and exciting, especially when the deal tips over into crime and fraud. I found myself searching online for the artists mentioned in the book and images of their work. As for Inigo Philbrick, the charismatic wide boy, addicted to big money and the adrenalin rush of acquisition, well, art is the least…
A 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, the i, and the Evening Standard
'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 expose' William Boyd
DECEPTION 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…
