The Work

Lally has staked everything on her Manhattan gallery; Pat is a scholarship boy trying to carve out a place in Sydney's antiquities world. When they meet at the Armory Show in New York, their attraction is immediate-an argument about art and politics their foreplay.

Across oceans and careers, each wrestles with the uneasy bargains of ambition and ethics, commerce and creativity. Lally grows rich from being the gatekeeper of talent; Pat can scarcely pay his rent. Both are drawn toward choices that could undo the very lives and careers they are building.

The Work is dazzling, funny and unforgettable: a novel of art and love, power and privilege, and the quiet devastation of wanting more than the world can give.

'This novel isn't just good; it's superb. Assured, and powerful, and intelligent, and very, VERY hard to put down. I consumed it in a passion.' - Annabel Crabb

'Smart, witty and super steamy, The Work oozes intelligence and pulses with energy. I devoured it!' - Emily Maguire

'A completely exhilarating, powerful, mesmerising novel, filled with ALL my favourite things: sex, art and New York City.' - Jessie Tu

'A glamorous and dirty capitalist fever dream ... complex, opulent and horny.' - Ella Baxter

'A smart, sexy page-turner.' - Madeleine Gray

'Pacy, racy and high-octane, The Work delves into the volatile world of contemporary art, forcefully exposing it as a bedfellow to the world of high finance.' - Caoilinn Hughes