{"product_id":"the-violet-hour-9781399716185b","title":"The Violet Hour","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e'Artists are slaves to their vanity. But in the end, in time, they see things as they really are.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 the friends back into the past, to confront who they have become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of deception, power play and longing, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/span\u003e exposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that only seems to glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass?\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'I really loved \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Violet Hour\u003c\/span\u003e . . . On one level it functions as 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'\u003cbr\u003ePATRICK GALE, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMother's Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thrilling story told in seductive, shimmering prose. Beauty, money, power, seduction, betrayal. It's all here in this bewitching and all too often troubling backstage pass to the commercial art world'\u003cbr\u003eCHLOË ASHBY, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWet Paint\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of James Cahill's writing and storytelling'\u003cbr\u003eSANTANU BHATTACHARYA, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDeviants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sceptre","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824066433104,"sku":"9781399716185B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399716185-l.jpg?v=1785895061","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-violet-hour-9781399716185b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}