Julian Rhind-Tutt reads the next in William Boyd's savagely funny story series, skewering the contemporary art world.

Giles Flint-Greenfield, a St James' art dealer with a penchant for post-war British watercolours, is finding his world rather small. But when Ludo Abernathy, an old and far more successful art dealer friend, cuts him in on the mother of a deal, new and potentially terrifying horizons open up for him in East London. All too soon Giles has swapped his tweed for black leather, and St James’ for a car maintenance shop, and is feeling very much out of his depth among the art lovers of Leyton. Not least because he isn’t quite sure how Ludo is making him so much money….

In today' story, Fernando Benn, enfant terrible of contemporary art, and self-styled lens-based artist, is ready to take the art world by storm. But he can't help wondering whether he's being taken seriously enough?

Reader: Julian Rhind-Tutt. Other readers in the series: Tom Hollander, Adrian Scarborough, Ed Stoppard.
Writer: William Boyd is the award-winning author of 17 novels.
Producer: Justine Willett Show less