The Work

A$25 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

'This novel isn't just good; it's superb. Assured, and powerful, and intelligent, and very, VERY hard to put down. I consumed it in a passion.' - Annabel Crabb 'Smart, witty and super steamy, The Work oozes intelligence and pulses with energy. I devoured it!' - Emily Maguire 'A completely exhilarating, powerful, mesmerising novel, filled with ALL my favourite things: sex, art and New York City.' - Jessie Tu 'A glamorous and dirty capitalist fever dream ... complex, opulent and horny.' - Ella Baxter 'Caoilinn Hughes' The Orchid and the Wasp meets Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort. A smart, sexy page-turner.' - Madeleine Gray 'Work, power, passion, intimacy and vulnerabilities collide, and best of all, SMUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' - Flex Mami 'A brilliant meditation on the gap between the person we wish to be and who we actually are. I was completely gripped.' - Bridie Jabour 'An ambitious and meticulously modern fable about art, sex, money, power and the perils of self-curation.' - Gina Rushton 'Pacy, racy and high-octane, The Work delves into the volatile world of contemporary art, forcefully exposing it as a bedfellow to the world of high finance.' - Caoilinn Hughes Lally has staked everything on her Manhattan gallery; Pat is a scholarship boy trying to carve out a place in Sydney's antiquities world. When they meet at the Armory Show in New York, their attraction is immediate-an argument about art and politics their foreplay. Across oceans and careers, each wrestles with the uneasy

• Binding: Hardcover

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