Objects of Desire

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?

Deliciously vicious and darkly funny, OBJECTS OF DESIRE features an astonishing cast of 20th century glitterati. It is at once a colourful glimpse into the scandalous lives of the cultural elite, and a tense, gripping yet moving story of betrayal, backstabbing and literary fraud.
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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