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All That Glitters

A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art

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 Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Award for Non-Fiction

An Economist, Independent and Waterstones Book of the Year pick for 2024
A 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, New Yorker, i, and the Evening Standard

'An art world Great Gatsby, deliciously withering and dishy.' Patrick Radden Keefe
'A brilliant, devastating exposé' William Boyd
'Explosive... the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history' Guardian
'Liar's Poker, but for art' Economist

DECEPTION IS A FINE ART. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo - by then the most successful dealer of his generation - disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core.

A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.©2024 Orlando Whitfield (P)2024 Profile Books Ltd Art Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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This book has been quiet book and a rollercoaster all in one .
The great thing being , that it shows you behind the scenes of a world you know is there but not the nuts and bolts of that world
I thought though the narration wasn’t overly exciting , suited the book .
Congratulations Mr Whitfield .
Ten out of ten .

What a story

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I devoured this book. Beautifully written, heartbreaking at times, sharp, witty and so so needed.

Exhilarating story

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Insider tale of and confirmation of what have always suspected goes on in the greedy unregulated world of buying and selling art ..

Riveting read

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Great audio book, well written. Learnt a lot about the some of the inner workings of the art market.

Opening the kimono

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Really enjoyed listening to this. Very atmospheric and absorbing. I particularly liked the sections describing the work with Piers.

Excellent - thoughtful, captivating glimpse in to the artwork and human relationships

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