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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Liam Pieper's keen sense of humour runs through this sharp satire on the arts as it follows Oli Darling, a successful middle-aged artist from his moment of career collapse due to an ill-judged comment made during a TV panel appearance. As the strategy to recover his tanked career is put into action by his handler, we go on a journey of discovery around Oli - of how his career as a painter came into being and who he really is. Along the way, a shadier side of the art market is brought to light. Worth a second read. Craig
Liam Pieper is an author and ABIA-winning ghostwriter of global bestsellers as well as more modest successes with his name on the cover. The first was a memoir, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His second was the Penguin Special Mistakes Were Made, a collection of funny true stories. He was co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Award, winner of the 2015 Geoff Dean Short Story Prize, the inaugural creative resident of the UNESCO City of Literature of Prague, and the 2018 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow for Australian Writing. His novels are The Toymaker, Sweetness and Light and Appreciation, which is objectively the most fun of the three.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Liam Pieper's keen sense of humour runs through this sharp satire on the arts as it follows Oli Darling, a successful middle-aged artist from his moment of career collapse due to an ill-judged comment made during a TV panel appearance. As the strategy to recover his tanked career is put into action by his handler, we go on a journey of discovery around Oli - of how his career as a painter came into being and who he really is. Along the way, a shadier side of the art market is brought to light. Worth a second read. Craig
