'Razor-sharp and deeply unsettling while being endlessly entertaining. A triumph.' JENNIE
GODFREY author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS'A 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 SECRETS'A masterful novel OBJECTS OF DESIRE is
utterly irresistible it's dark and wickedly fun. One of my favourite books of the year so
far.' FLORA CARR author of THE TOWER'A biting unflinching study of art and deceit . . . Neil
Blackmore has achieved his best work yet.' ANNIE GARTHWAITE author of CECILY***Hugo 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 Orwell. But
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 dollars for a memoir
and a new novel. The money will solve all his problems - except for one thing. Hugo Hunter is
an imposter. He stole both of his novels. Now how far will he go to produce a third?At once
dark moving and deliciously vicious OBJECTS OF DESIRE traverses the 20th century featuring
an astonishing cast of characters. It is both a colourful glimpse into the lives of the
cultural elite and a tense gripping story of betrayal deceit and literary fraud. ***Praise
for Neil Blackmore'An astounding story . . . I relished every page.' SIR IAN McKELLAN'One of
the most original voices in historical fiction today.' THE TIMES'Compellingly real.' DAILY MAIL
