{"product_id":"the-violet-hour-by-james-cahill-9781399716192","title":"The Violet Hour","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A highbrow whodunnit, and grippingly so, but it's much more than that, building into a meditation on mortality and the unreliable consolations of art, love and materialism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePATRICK GALE, author of \u003ci\u003eMother's Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"As sensuous and glimmering as it is dark and unsettling... a novel to get sucked into.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJENNY MUSTARD, author of \u003ci\u003eOkay Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's brilliant. I'm really in awe of the prose, which is so elegant... and the human drama of it is just pitch perfect... Hypnotic.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSEAN HEWITT, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Down Darkness Wide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beauty, money, power, seduction, betrayal. It's all here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHLOE ASHBY, author of \u003ci\u003eWet Paint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of James Cahill's writing and storytelling.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSANTANU BHATTACHARYA, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Small Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Artists are slaves to their vanity. But in the end, in time, they see things as they really are.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA story of deception, power play and longing, \u003ci\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that only \u003ci\u003eseems\u003c\/i\u003e to glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46193728946412,"sku":"9781399716192","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399716192.jpg?v=1739845500","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-violet-hour-by-james-cahill-9781399716192","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}