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Kingdom Swann
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ISBN13: 9780571299928
Publisher: Faber Finds
Published: Jun 20 2013
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
'Woman will be the death of me, ' mutters Kingdom Swann, peering up at the nude woman hung by her wrists from a pillar. An impressive old man with a wonderful wealth of beard, he appears the very picture of Victorian respectability. Yet behind the walls of his Piccadilly studio the erotic fantasies of a generation are being acted out for the eye of his camera. For this master of the epic nude painting has turned his hand to pornography: art has come to life and all hell is breaking loose . . .
'With enormous relish Gibson presents a memorable and hugely enjoyable portrait of both the man and the world he inhabited.' Today
'As in Daniel Defoe's Roxanna, a voyeuristic fascination plays games with high morality.' Times
'Wonderful fun to read.' Daily Mail
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