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  • Biography of X

Granta

Biography of X

by Catherine Lacey.

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  • Paperback published on 04/04/2024
  • Page count: 416 pages
  • ISBN: 9781783789290
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Quick take

A masterfully constructed counterfactual epic novel chronicling the life, times and secrets of a notorious artist.

Synopsis

When X - the iconoclastic artist, musician and writer - dies suddenly, CM, her widow, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. The story will lead her deep into the Southern Territory - a fascist theocracy that split from the rest of the USA after World War II - before revealing the full weight of X's secrets, and the depth of her betrayal. 'A thriller set against a backdrop of political intrigue, an elegy, an art world satire and a thought experiment too...

About the author

Catherine Lacey is the author of four books including Pew & Nobody Is Ever Missing.

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