The Violet Hour

As the sun is setting on a quiet London street, a young man falls to his death. But this is no unexplained tragedy, and soon the lives of seemingly unconnected individuals become intertwined. Among them, a world-renowned painter who fears his powers are waning, a New York gallerist haunted by the past and a billionaire art collector obsessed with a new painting to the point of madness. Exposing the unsettling underbelly of the glittering art world and spanning Manhattan, Mayfair, the Swiss mountains, Venice and Los Angeles, The Violet Hour is a novel of success and failure, grief and love, and the question of how to live in a world fuelled by money and ambition.

About the author

James Cahill has worked in the art world and academia for fifteen years. His debut novel, Tiepolo Blue, was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and his writing has been published in Artforum, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement and the Daily Telegraph, among others. James divides his time between London and Los Angeles.

Product details

• Authors: James Cahill, Cahill James
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9781399716185
• ISBN: 978-1-399-71618-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION / Satire, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, c 2010 to c 2020, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General