The Exhibitionist

De: Charlotte Mendelson

Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson

THE TIMES NOVEL OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2022
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BOOK OF THE YEAR

'It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill, and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it' - Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss

'A devastating treat of a novel: funny, furious, dark and delicious' - Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith

Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art – the first in many decades – and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good.

His three children will be there: beautiful Leah, always her father’s biggest champion; sensitive Patrick, who has finally decided to strike out on his own; and insecure Jess, the youngest, who has her own momentous decision to make . . .

And what of Lucia, Ray’s steadfast and selfless wife? She is an artist, too, but has always had to put her roles as wife and mother first. What will happen if she decides to change? For Lucia is hiding secrets of her own, and as the weekend unfolds and the exhibition approaches, she must finally make a choice.

The longer the marriage, the harder truth becomes . . .

The Exhibitionist is the extraordinary fifth novel from Charlotte Mendelson, a dazzling exploration of art, sacrifice, toxic family politics, queer desire, and personal freedom.

'Delicious, heartbreaking . . . Fabulously written and utterly compelling' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown-Ups

Reseñas de la Crítica

In <i>The Exhibitionist</i> Mendelson brings a forensic eye to family dynamics, laying bare the agonies of rage, frustration and longing that lie just beneath the surface of domestic life. The result is <b>a devastating treat of a novel: funny, furious, dark and delicious</b> (Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith)

<b>It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill, and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it</b> (Meg Mason, bestselling author of Sorrow & Bliss)

<b>A delicious, heartbreaking family snapshot</b> about thwarted ambition, misplaced loyalty and good and bad love. Secrets abound. <b>Fabulously written and utterly compelling</b> (Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Grown-Ups)

<b>Mendelson is a master at family drama,</b> and plots don’t get much more dramatic than this . . . <b>Exhilarating</b>

<b>Soul-scouringly good</b> (Nigella Lawson)

Sex, desire, deep-seated marital resentment, monstrous artists, determined wives: it's <b>a delicious, piquant comedy of manners, and Mendelson's serrated prose will have you wincing at every word</b>

Like Katherine Heiny and Maria Semple, Mendelson is skilled at rendering the grotesque fascinating . . . It is also funny; so funny . . . <b>Reading <i>The Exhibitionist </i>is like eating a rich, delicious and wildly elaborate cream cake. You know you'll regret devouring the whole thing at once, but it's very hard to stop</b>

<b>One of the funniest writers in Britain</b> . . . [The Exhibitionist] is so devoid of secondhand sentences that it’s quite possible [Mendelson] spent all nine years since its predecessor polishing her jokes and turning phrases round until they shine . . . <b>A precision of observation that made me laugh frequently and smile when I wasn’t laughing</b>

<b>Electric . . . and has a hint of HBO's <i>Succession</i> </b>. . . <i>The Exhibitionist </i>is both a roiling family drama and a chilling portrait of enmeshment, coercive control and enabled addiction (Madeleine Feeney)

Unutterably brilliant (Lucy Worsley)

<b>A deliciously evocative novel</b> laced with sex and art (Financial Times)

<b>A magnificent book, witty and furious and not a word out of place</b>. I am obsessed (Elizabeth Macneal, bestselling author of The Doll Factory and Circus of Wonders)

Exceptional

A compulsive distillation of artistic ego, midlife passion and family dysfunction . . . <b>Hilarious, sexy and thoughtful</b>

A <b>devastating, blackly comic</b> portrait of middle-class dysfunction . . . A fine and haunting book (Sarah Moss)