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The book chronicles the rise and fall of Matt Flight, an idealistic young artist who believes he can change the world. With a cast of characters like a page from the Theatre of the Absurd, The Orchard rattles along at an unremitting pace. Here you may read of the pitifully washed-out nostalgist Cyril Pout; the camp and outrageous couturier Willie Fitz; the sex-crazed janitor Gittins; the devious art-market-fixers Bernie Feltz and Sylvester Rich; the singing Police Chief Buller and his agony-aunt friend Dame Bridget Bradstock; the American tycoon Hiram Grouper and his English butler Sir Harvey Haugh. Only Matt’s girlfriend Holly Tree is with him for more than the ride. Knowing and worldly-wise, she believes she can steer him through the madness he has unleashed.
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The author at work on the Kiefer-inspired painting 'The Orchard', that led to the novel of the same name. The book is the first work of fiction from Tony Veale who, in another career as an artist, has exhibited work at galleries both at home and abroad over the course of twenty-five years. His work includes cartooning and illustrations for children, studies of wildlife, surrealist landscapes and, latterly, sculpture in marble and bronze. |
