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The Floating World by Ben Eastham review – a compelling debut of art’s relation to money and power

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Following the death of his wife, a critic-teacher takes a job with an art-washing multinational, in a cinematic novel that is full of ideas At the end of a night in a London pub, after last orders have been called, three friends are joking about what role they’d serve on…
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The Floating World by Ben Eastham review – a compelling debut of art’s relation to money and power
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