Joe Mungo Reed taucht in das komplexe Wechselspiel von Verlangen, Ehrgeiz und sozialem Status ein. Seine Prosa zeichnet sich durch scharfe Einblicke in die menschliche Psyche und einen präzisen stilistischen Ansatz aus. Reeds Erzählungen bewegen sich oft am Rande zwischen Realität und traumhafter Atmosphäre und zwingen den Leser, seine eigene Wahrnehmung der Welt zu hinterfragen. Sein Werk stellt einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur zeitgenössischen Literaturlandschaft dar.
'A dazzling debut by an exciting and essential new talent' George Saunders, Man Booker Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo For Sol and Liz, competition is everything. On the road or in the lab, it's all on the line.
2013. Much of the world still reels from the global economic collapse, yet in the auction rooms of London artworks are selling for record-breaking prices. Martin, a junior specialist at a prestigious auction house, spends his days catering to the whims of obscenely wealthy clients and his nights drinking in grubby pubs. A chance meeting with Marina, an old university friend, whose husband, Oleg, is an art-collecting oligarch. Chafing against his diminishing influence in his homeland, Oleg appears ready to relinquish his priceless art collection long coveted by London's auction houses-- and Martin is determined to secure the sale and transform his career. -- adapted from jacket