In store now! The Logos by Mark de Silva
From the author of Square Wave, the most exciting fiction debut of 2021, comes The Logos. An epic the likes of which only appears once every decade or so, The Logos follows the pursuits of an aspiring and ambitious artist as he tries to publicly sell his soul. Yielding his talents to mega corporations, his perception of his work and himself begins to shift. A novel about public art, about the commercialisation of culture, about the soul and how we use it, and what we really value, The Logos is a novel in the vein of William Gaddis’ The Recognition. Witness the birth of a future classic.
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The Logos by Mark de Silva
Paperback £24.99
Unemployed, lonesome, abandoned by his lover, an obscure artist on the verge of despair begins to question the worth of his craft-until, without warning, he lands the opportunity of a lifetime. Courted by a wealthy patron with enigmatic motives, he yields his talents to corporate interests. In theory, his brief is to sell his soul-to mastermind a publicity campaign for a line of products designed to enhance human perception. In practice, though, he exerts sway over the souls of others. Given freedom to treat the campaign as an artistic endeavour in its own right, he comes to use the public sphere as a forum for shaping aesthetic sensibilities on a scale that others could only dream of. But how far can he extend his ambitions before they break him?
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