‘An enthrallingly intricate novel . . . impressive’
GUARDIAN<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘There’s something of F. Scott Fitzgerald about the way Cahill writes about the very rich’
DAILY MAIL<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A biting satire of the art world’s glamour, pomp and greed . . . lucid and evocative’
DAILY TELEGRAPH<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A highbrow whodunnit, and grippingly so, but it’s much more than that’
PATRICK GALE, author of Mother’s Boy<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘As sensuous and glimmering as it is dark and unsettling . . . a novel to get sucked into’
JENNY MUSTARD, author of Okay Days<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘It’s brilliant . . . the human drama of it is just pitch perfect . . . Hypnotic’
SE<\/b>\u00c3\u0081N HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Artists are slaves to their vanity. But in the end, in time, they see things as they really are.’<\/i><\/p>\n
Thomas Haller has achieved the kind of fame that most artists only dream of: shows in London and New York, paintings sold for a fortune. The vision he presents to the world is one of an untouchable genius at the top of his game. It is also a lie. <\/p>\n
Who is the real Thomas Haller? His oldest friend and former dealer, Lorna, might once have known – before Thomas traded their early intimacy for international fame. Between his ruthless new dealer and a property mogul obsessed with his work, the appetite for Thomas and his art is all-consuming.<\/p>\n
On the eve of his latest show, the luminaries of the art world gather. But the sudden death of a young man has put everyone on edge, and a chain of events begins that will lead Thomas and Lorna back into the past, to confront who they have become. <\/p>\n
A story of deception, power play and longing, The Violet Hour<\/i> exposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that only seems<\/i> to glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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