SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016
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Köp båda 2 för 538 krA deliciously wicked satire ... Its exquisitely written, shimmering with eye-catching detail, whether describing works of art or the dishes on display at an extravagant banquet. Beneath all that, theres a serious debate about the value we put on things whether its art or relationships and the prices were prepared to pay. A masterpiece * Daily Mail * Novel of the week It all adds up to an ingenious meditation on the true value of art timely indeed at a moment when paintings and sculpture seem to have become just another currency * Mail on Sunday</b></i> * Though this novel goes into the darkest of dark places, the overall tone is totally delicious; conspicuous consumption on this scale hasnt been seen since the Eighties -- Kate Saunders * The Times</b></i> * Part of the novels charm is that its characters, rich or poor, are all a mixture of frailties. Like a Rococo painting, this clever, funny, beguiling and wholly humane romance is a treat worthy of its subject -- Amanda Craig * Independent</b></i> * This frothy confection works on many levels, combining a touching love story with an exciting whodunit sat in a hazardous, thrilling world. The story unfolds slowly at first, building up the tension until towards the end the chapters shorten and the pace quickens with staccato satire worthy of the pen of Evelyn Waugh. A real crowd pleaser **** * Daily Express</b></i> * Hannah Rothschild is finally coming into her own. Soon to be head of the National Gallery, her novel about the art world is bound to be a bestseller -- Lynn Barber</b> * Sunday Times</b></i> * Her writing shows brain as well as a heart * Economist</b></i> * The Improbability of Love is a romp, a joy, and an inspired feast of clever delights. Reading this book is like a raid on a high-end pastry shop you marvel at the expertise and cunning of the creations, while never wanting the deliciousness to end * Elizabeth Gilbert</b> * Every page is a joy. It's funny, sad, profound. The writing dances. It has panache. It's beautifully structured. It wears its scholarship with a balletic lightness and grace that shadows the Rococo painting at its heart. Its many and varied characters are an exquisite joy. Her range and emotional grasp is wonderful. What more can I say? It's my Book of the Year already * Barbara Trapido</b> * Impishly wicked, ruthlessly frank, touchingly percipient and sometimes laugh aloud funny to boot. Hannah Rothschild captures the contradiction between art as money and art as the soul of humanity really well * Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Art Critic for <i>The Times</b></i> * Both a satire of the art world and a romance Its mischievous, fun and on the money * Tatler</b></i> * A timely reflection on arts true value * Observer</b></i> * What a delightful read a satirical look at the world of art with some love, mystery and comedy thrown in for good measure. There is a darker element to the plot which I wont spoil here, but it is tempered by a wonderful cast of characters and has the unusual addition of the painting as an occasional narrator. Its certainly a clever way of weaving the provenance of the painting into the story * Radio 2 Book Club</b></i> * Part detective story, part romance, the gripping narrative moves between contemporary London and Nazi Germany, examining along the way the meaning of love and loss, morality and greed, sacrifice and decadence the central theme of Nazi art theft is deftly handled. An excellent and very funny debut * The Lady</b></i> * Absorbing Rothschild cleverly has the painting itself tell part of the story and beautifully marshals a wealth of historical detail * Metro</b></i> * A novel that is so pleasurable Ive read it twice, and will read it again * Glasgow Sunday Herald</
Hannah Rothschild is a writer and film director. Her documentary feature films have appeared on the BBC and HBO and at international film festivals. She has written film scripts for Ridley Scott and Working Title, and articles for Vanity Fair, the New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue and others. Her first book, The Baroness, was published in 2012 and has been translated into six languages. She is the Chair of the National Gallery, a trustee of the Tate Gallery and Waddesdon Manor, and a Vice President of the Hay Literary Festival. The Improbability of Love, her first novel, is the joint winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2016 and is shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016. It was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick and one of the Guardian's Best Books of 2015. She lives in London. hannahrothschild.com / @RothschildHan