“Utterly engrossing. I was drawn
into Schiele’s reeling world with its reek of wet
paint and sex.”
JON McGREGOR, author of
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“Crofts writes with a great sense
of time and place in this arresting novel”
THE BOOKSELLER MAGAZINE
“Lewis Crofts’ poignant début captures
the turbulence, the vividness and the tragedy of Egon Schiele’s
life with rare skill and empathy”
LIZ JENSEN author of The
Ninth Life of Louis Drax
“Crofts’s début doesn’t shrink
from depicting the squalor of Schiele’s existence
and powerfully evokes his uncompromising talent.”
GUARDIAN
“Confidently imagined... Insightful... Crofts has
written a sparkling début that is as enlightening
as it is entertaining.”
Metro (Fiction of the week)
“Utterly engrossing. I was drawn into Schiele’s
reeling world with its reek of wet paint and sex.”
Jon McGregor, author of If
Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
“Underage whores, opium pipes and absinthe chasers...
This book is thoroughly researched, and well described.
The author is bewitched by his subject’s decadence
and by the period’s historical detail.”
Financial Times
“Lewis Crofts’ poignant début captures
the turbulence, the vividness and the tragedy of Egon Schiele’s
life with rare skill and empathy.”
Liz Jensen author of The
Ninth Life of Louis Drax
“Persecuted, imprisoned and spurned by society, Schiele’s
is a dramatic story.”
Vogue (recommended read for
the summer)
“Crofts writes with a great sense of time and place
in this arresting novel.”
The Bookseller Magazine’s Booksellers’ Choice
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