{"product_id":"the-accidental-collector-guy-kennaway-9781912914364","title":"The Accidental Collector: Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the world of contemporary art, Guy Kennaway's new novel delivers his trademark absurdities and laugh out loud moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the globe's most successful super-dealer, Herman Gertsch spent his charmed life jettiing between his galleries in Zurich, London and New York, fawned over by artists, curators, politicians and the uber-rich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Herman's empire grew, nothing seemed to get in his way, until he made the calamitous decision to open a gallery in a rural English backwater. Here, Herman encountered John 'Brother' Burn, a penniless hippy known as the slipperiest man in south Somerset, and therefore the western hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the riotous comedy of errors that follows, Kennaway pours mistaken identity, Amazonian tribesmen, Swiss food, DMT, Arab Royalty, million dollar paintings and worthless tat onto a spin painting of a story that dazzles with surprises and leaves you feeling reassuringly warm about art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Kennaway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912914360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912914364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mensch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Guy Kennaway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995431239935,"sku":"9781912914364","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a15528bb-35b9-4b64-841d-f4331b72034e.jpg?v=1683335779","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-accidental-collector-guy-kennaway-9781912914364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}