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In the City of Pigs
Nominee:Scotiabank Giller Prize -Fiction (2022)
Alexander Otkazov is a failed pianist trying to start a new life in journalism. But when he starts reporting on a mysterious group of avant-garde musicians, the story takes him into a shadowy world of obscure composers, megalomaniac artists, and real estate barons, where the lines between art, finance, and fraud blur and the stakes are existential.
Book Details
- Publisher: Rare Machines
- Publish Date: Jul 12nd, 2022
- Pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.80in - 0.85lb
- EAN: 9781459749085
- Categories: • Literary• Political• Crime
About the Author
Forget, André: -
André Forget was born in Toronto and raised in Mount Forest, Ontario. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Puritan, and his work has appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers in Canada and the United States. He currently lives in Sheffield in the United Kingdom.
Praise for this book
Funny, mysterious, completely unpredictable, and never didactic.-- "Naben Ruthnum, author of A Hero of Our Time"
Subtle, insistent, and adroit, Forget eroticizes art's decay under capitalism with stunning intelligence. This is an essential novel.-- "Paige Cooper, author of Zolitude"
Forget's intimacy with the finest details of music may remind fans of writer Daniel Silva. A first-class read; a little enlightenment is a bonus.-- "Winnipeg Free Press"
A detailed, sharply intellectual exploration of how people use and abuse art, while at the same time communicating the obsession and the intoxication that art offers for those who cannot live without it.
-- "Miramichi Reader"Funny, mysterious, completely unpredictable, and never didactic.
Subtle, insistent, and adroit, Forget eroticizes art's decay under capitalism with stunning intelligence. This is an essential novel.
Forget's intimacy with the finest details of music may remind fans of writer Daniel Silva. A first-class read; a little enlightenment is a bonus.
A detailed, sharply intellectual exploration of how people use and abuse art, while at the same time communicating the obsession and the intoxication that art offers for those who cannot live without it.