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The Artist Vanishes

ISBN 
9781415210314
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R300.00
Published 
April 2021
About the book: 
A conceptual art project goes dangerously wrong...
 
Where is Sophie?
 
Infamous Cape Town artist Sophie Tugiers has been missing for several years. Her mysterious disappearance caused a brief ripple before dissolving into a distant media memory. Sophie’s controversial art alienated many
people: those who didn’t consider her a sell-out thought her last exhibition was sadistic – after all, one of her experimental participants committed suicide.
 
James Dempster is a jaded filmmaker with a whiskey problem. Following his acrimonious divorce, he needs a project to relaunch his stalled career. When he discovers he’s living in the flat Sophie once rented, he is drawn into her sinister tale.
 
What really happened to Sophie? What are her friends and enemies hiding? After James’s flat is ransacked and his research stolen, he realises unearthing the truth could lead not to his redemption but to his demise.
 
The Artist Vanishes  explores ambition and success, guilt and responsibility, the ethics around animal research, and art’s lasting impact on those it touches.
 
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