All That Glitters

''One of the hottest memoirs of 2024'' Sunday Times Style A Guardian ''Books to look out for in 2024'' pick * A Financial Times ''What to Read in 2024'' pick '' A n art world Great Gatsby , deliciously withering and dishy.'' Patrick Radden Keefe ''D elicious, sharp and often breathtaking '' Megan Nolan ''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 fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core. A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.

Préface
Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless - if you can pay the price.

Auteur
Orlando Whitfield is a failed art dealer. His writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the Sunday Times, and the White Review. All That Glitters is his first book.

Texte du rabat

'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times Style

'A*n 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 exposé' 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 fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core.

A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.

Résumé
'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times Style '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 exposé' 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 fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core. A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.