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The Accidental Collector Guy Kennaway

The Accidental Collector By Guy Kennaway

The Accidental Collector by Guy Kennaway


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The Accidental Collector Summary

The Accidental Collector: An artworld caper by Guy Kennaway

Set in the world of contemporary art, Guy Kennaway's new novel delivers his trademark absurdities and laugh out loud moments. As the globe's most successful super-dealer, Herman Gertsch spent his charmed life jetting between his galleries in Zurich, London and New York, fawned over by artists, curators, politicians and the uber-rich. As Herman's empire grew, nothing seemed to get in his way, until he made the calamitous decision to open a gallery in a rural English backwater. Here, Herman encountered John 'Brother' Burn, a penniless hippy known as the slipperiest man in south Somerset, and therefore the western hemisphere. In the riotous comedy of errors that follows, Kennaway pours mistaken identity, Amazonian tribesmen, Swiss food, DMT, Arab Royalty, million dollar paintings and worthless tat onto a spin painting of a story that dazzles with surprises and leaves you feeling reassuringly warm about art and life.

About Guy Kennaway

Guy Kennaway was born in London in 1957. In all Kennaway's work he champions the underdog. He searches out communities under pressure, and tries to make the best of their troubles with tenderness and laughter. He is best known for One People about a Jamaican village threatened by mass US tourism, Bird Brain about a community of optimistic pheasants and Time to Go, the funniest book about assisted suicide ever.

Additional information

GOR011187303
9781912914227
1912914220
The Accidental Collector: An artworld caper by Guy Kennaway
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Mensch Publishing
20210311
336
N/A
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