Nat Tate by William Boyd - ISBN: 9780241988879
Paperback
A fake artist, a real hoax, an art world fooled.

Nat Tate

An American Artist 1928-1960

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    80 pages

  • Release Date

    18 August 2020

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Summary

The infamous literary hoax that fooled the art world, with a new introduction by William Boyd

On January 8, 1960, artist Nat Tate set out to burn his entire life’s work. Four days later, he jumped off a Staten Island ferry, killing himself. His body was never found.

When William Boyd published his biography of Abstract Expressionist Nat Tate, tributes poured in from a whole host of artists and critics in the New York art world. They toasted the troubled genius in a Manhattan l…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241988879
ISBN-10:024198887X
Author:William Boyd
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:80
Release Date:18 August 2020
Weight:75g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 6mm
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Critics Review

William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries

William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries * Daily Telegraph *
A finely judged performance: a deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination * Guardian on Love Is Blind *
One of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary novelists * Sunday Times *

About The Author

William Boyd

William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of sixteen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.

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