An exquisite debut novel. A mid-life coming-of-age story charting one man's sexual awakening and his spectacular fall from grace in 1990s London. For fans of Allan Hollinghurst and Edward St Aubyn.
Exiled from his university position for an inexcusable blunder,art historian Don Lamb flees to London,a city alive with sex and creativity. There,over the course of a long,hot summer,as he is immersed in the anarchic art and gay scenes of the mid-90s,Don sees his carefully curated life irrevocably changed.
But his epiphany is also a reckoning,as his unexamined past is revealed to him in a devastating new light.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529369427Number of pages: 352Weight: 249 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 36 mm
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'This divine debut from art critic and academic James Cahill is the smart,sexy read you need in 2022. Expect to see it on prize lists as well as Instagram feeds. The novel's protagonist is Professor Don Lamb,a precocious but prematurely stuffy art historian and Cambridge don,who likes measuring the skies in the paintings of Venetian master Tiepolo. Lamb takes preternatural offence when a Tracey Emin-esque bed sculpture is installed outside his college lodgings,and departs to London in a sulk for a new museum gig. There awaits a new kind of awakening - and it's not just because the YBAs are taking off. Not only an addictive pageturner,Cahill's book taps into the tensions and suspicions between generations that feels incredibly relevant for our testy times.'- The Evening Standard
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