The novelist’s love triangle has its sights set on the elite insularity of the New York art world but its plot is programmatic
’ve always admired Hari Kunzru’s novels for their dense, satirical plunge into subcultures. His characters are nervy, laconic, forever looking for a chance to escape their domestic lives, brimming not so much with feelings as ideas.
The programmatic plot is somewhat redeemed when Jay describes his “inescapably cerebral” years trying to establish himself in the 90s East End art scene. He grew disillusioned with painting just as artworks were becoming lucrative investments, fuelled by a desire to avoid making “statement objects for the rich”.
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