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High Time: High stakes and high jinx in the world of art and finance

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English
Publishers
Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (20 Jun. 2024)
Weight
0.19 KG
Publication Date
20/06/2024
ISBN-10
1526656833
Pages
320 pages
ISBN-13
9781526656834
Dimensions
12.9 x 1.7 x 19.81 cm
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9781526656834
Author Name
Hannah Rothschild (Author)
Hannah is an author who lives in London. She can’t walk past a bookshop or museum (or bakery) without going in. Most of the time, she tries to act normally most of the time. Her first book, ‘The Baroness’ was about her great aunt, Nica who supported a generation of jazz musicians and loved one above all others: the late great Thelonious Monk.Her first novel ‘The Improbability of Love’, a caper set in the art world featuring a talking painting and won the Everyman Bollinger PG Wodehouse prize for best comic novel in 2015 and was runner up to the Bailley’s Women Prize.She followed this with ‘House of Trelawney’ the story of an aristocratic Cornish family fallen on hard times who get embroiled in the 2008 crash with disastrous consequences. Her most recent book (published in June 2023 in the UK and July in the US is called ‘HIgh Time’ and follows a beautiful young woman who has lost everything- how low will she go to get even?Her writing style has been compared to Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford and Joanna Trollope.Preview for High Time include:“High Time - high style, high jinx. My kind of novel - intelligent escapism at its most satisfying” - Gyles Brandreth A manically and magical wonderful romp, fast and furious in pace, style and extravagance.’ Geordie Greig, Editor of the Independent.‘Funny, emotionally insightful, a cracking paced thriller.’ Julia Samuel, author.Reviews of other books include:'Sheer escapist bliss.' - Nigella Lawson‘A witty, knowledgeable, sprawling satire…pure joy from start to finish. ' - India Knight‘Deliciously dark and wickedly funny..’ The Lady‘….the British haven’t lost their sense of humour and Ms Rothschild provides a large dose of it in this quirky satire, Wall street JournalRead more about this authorRead less about this author
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'One of the wittiest writers around' Good Housekeeping'The perfect summer read: mischievous and delicious. I devoured it in one go.

' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper PalaceWHEN THE STAKES ARE HIGH, HOW LOW WILL YOU GO?Ayesha Scott has a perfect life. Home is an art-filled Cornish castle with her stratospherically wealthy, titled husband and their beloved daughter.

But behind every realised dream lurks an unexploded nightmare and in the course of one day Ayesha discovers that she will be penniless, homeless and powerless unless she can outwit the international mafia, infiltrate the world of high finance and make backstreet deals with the shadiest members of the art world. Hurt and betrayed, she's determined to fight for herself and her daughter - but can she do it without enlisting the help of her beloved, deeply eccentric but estranged family?Sharp escapist fiction, High Time is a novel about high stakes and high jinx set in the world of high art and high finance.

'Reads like a thrilling fairground ride version of Downton Abbey' Independent'An entertaining and arch caper' Grazia 'Something Nancy Mitford and Jilly Cooper might have cooked up' The Times. .

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