The Blazing World

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION PRIZE ' Dazzling' Sunday Times 'Truly wonderful ' Daily Mail Artist Harriet Burden, consumed by fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment, embarks on an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who exhibit her work as their own. Yet when Harriet unmasks herself to claim her rightful praise, not everyone believes her - submerging the art world in a scandal that soon turns deadly. 'A novel that gloriously lives up to its title, one blazing with energy and thought' The Times 'I have told nearly everyone I love - and some random acquaintances - to stop whatever they are doing and read The Blazing World ' Financial Times