Nightshade: A novel

A lean, taut novel about an artist-a painter-at the height of her career, about the art world, about love, fidelity, fame, betrayal, and the large choices and prices paid in the quest for art for art's sake. By the much-admired author of The Spoiler ("cutting wit and razor-sharp writing"-NYTBR; "a dark, sparkly gem of a book"-Christopher Buckley) and Hame ("I couldn't put it down"-Patrick McGrath).

Eve Laing, celebrated artist, once the muse of legendary painter and "monstre sacré" Florian K...