Book Description
This blackest of comedies set in the international art scene finally comes to the big screen, with a star-studded cast, including Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee and Heather Graham. A satirical novel of great black humour, Boogie Woogie plunges deep into the dark excesses of the international art scene of the 1990s. Driven by the hunt for one of the most valuable and impressive paintings ever created, the appetites and morality of some of this world's major players come to the fore as sex, money, drugs and art all converge in an atmosphere of obsession and ambition. As dealers, collectors, artists and wannabbes vie with one other for recognition by peers and the public, success and downfall rest on a thin wedge, with every person willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top...