Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore Hardback Book 9781529153910

An absolute gem Dark funny and iconoclastic THE TIMESRazorsharp and deeply unsettling while being endlessly entertaining A triumph JENNIE GODFREY author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGSA delicious literary feast A wickedly funny and sharply relevant novel of duplicity and betrayal with a glittering cast of literary greats ANNA MAZZOLA author of THE BOOK OF SECRETSA masterful novel OBJECTS OF DESIRE is utterly irresistible its dark and wickedly fun One of my favourite books of the year so far FLORA CARR author of THE TOWERA biting unflinching study of art and deceit Neil Blackmore has achieved his best work yet ANNIE GARTHWAITE author of CECILYHugo Hunter was the most celebrated gay novelist of the 20th century He published two masterpieces securing his place alongside the dazzling literary greats of the 1950s 60s and 70s and rubbing shoulders with everyone from Truman Capote to James Baldwin Gore Vidal and George OrwellBut after decades of fame and excess just as New York City enters the 1980s and awakes to the coming horror of AIDS Hugo finds himself running out of money Out of nowhere he receives an extraordinary lifeline an offer from his longtime publisher Two million...