Boogie Woogie

This blackest of comedies set in the international art scene finally comes to the big screen, with a star-studded cast, including Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee and Heather Graham.

A satirical novel of great black humour, "Boogie Woogie" plunges deep into the dark excesses of the international art scene of the 1990s. Driven by the hunt for one of the most valuable and impressive paintings ever created, the appetites and morality of some of this world's major players come to the fore as sex, money, drugs and art all converge in an atmosphere of obsession and ambition. As dealers, collectors, artists and wannabbes vie with one other for recognition by peers and the public, success and downfall rest on a thin wedge, with every person willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top...

Reviews

"A witty and painfully accurate portrait of the art world in a beautifully constructed tale. No sleep for you the night you open it!" Charles Saatchi

"Moynihan's first novel is spectacular stuff a frothy yet dark fiction about the New York art scene. It's fast, snappy, funny and sick." Observer

"A mature and very funny satire. Moynihan is pitiless about the foibles and pretensions of (mostly New York) dealers, artists and collectors .... This flamboyantly funny novel is an elegant warning not to take any of them too seriously." Times Literary Supplement

"The story rocks... the next time [readers] visit their favorite gallery, though, they may look a little more closely, and wisely, at what they see." Wall Street Journal

Author Biography

Danny Moynihan has had first-hand experience of the art world, both in New York and London. He has curated shows for a number of artists, managed galleries and exhibited his own work. Boogie Woogie is his first novel and he has written and produced the forthcoming film. He lives in London.