The Blazing World

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FICTION PRIZE 'Dazzling' Sunday Times 'Truly wonderful' Daily Mail Artist Harriet Burden, consumed by fury at the lack of recognition she has received from the New York art establishment, embarks on an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts who exhibit her work as their own. Yet when Harriet unmasks herself to claim her rightful praise, not everyone believes her - submerging the art world in a scandal that soon turns deadly. 'A novel that gloriously lives up to its title, one blazing with energy and thought' The Times 'I have told nearly everyone I love - and some random acquaintances - to stop whatever they are doing and read The Blazing World' Financial Times