A very clever debut from a distinguished hand in the art world: a Cambridge don rather stuck in his ways is repelled by an outbreak of modern art in his quad. Wafted on a cloud of academic dudgeon to London and a new job, with his vanity stoked by an old friend and mentor, he falters and begins to fall, Icarus-like. This novel is beautifully crafted and superbly told.
Tiepolo Blue
(author)
£14.99
Edition:Hardback978152936939709/06/2022
Categories: 04. Spring Books 2022: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2022
Tags: Art History, C20th Art
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