NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

NEW LOOK, SAME STORY. QUEER BOOKS FOR SYDNEY AND BEYOND SINCE 1982.

James Cahill

The Violet Hour (Hardback)

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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.

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.

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 the friends back into the past, to confront who they have become.

A story of deception, power play and longing,The Violet Hourexposes the unsettling underbelly of the art world, asking: who is granted admission to a world that onlyseemsto glitter and who is left outside, their faces pressed to the glass?

Author: James Cahill

Hardback Published 27 May 2025 405 pages

'An enthrallingly intricate novel . . . impressive' GUARDIAN

'There's something of F. Scott Fitzgerald about the way Cahill writes about the very rich'
DAILY MAIL

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