All That Glitters

Welcome to the contemporary art world: a ruthless and glamorous arena, where the rewards are limitless - if you can pay the price.

As heard on BBC Radio 4 ''One of the hottest memoirs of 2024'' Sunday Times Style '' A n art world Great Gatsby , deliciously withering and dishy.'' Patrick Radden Keefe ''Explosive ... the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history'' Guardian ''Liar''s Poker , but for art'' Economist ''A brilliant, devastating expose'' William Boyd 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.

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Orlando Whitfield graduated from Goldsmiths University in 2009. He started dealing art while still a student, and worked in and around the art market for fifteen years. His writing has appeared in the Paris Review and the White Review. All That Glitters is his first book.