{"product_id":"the-lives-of-the-surrealists-desmond-morris-9780500021361","title":"The Lives of the Surrealists Desmond Morris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times\u003cbr\u003e'Concise, factual, witty and entertaining' - Art Book Review\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating' - Mature Times\u003cbr\u003e'An exceptionally lively, crisply written, independent-minded survey of one of the most bizarre groups of misfits who ever lived' - Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e'Gossipy, waspish, biased, score-settling and very entertaining' - Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e'Informative and intriguing' - The Lady\u003cbr\u003e'If you have a taste for zany characters, outlandish conduct and the partner-swapping of post-WW1 mavericks who stuck their fingers up at the establishment, then you will not experience a second’s boredom … this book is a carnival of wackiness' - Big Issue\u003cbr\u003e'Uproariously funny … [Morris’s] anecdotes are all told with a dry but good-natured humour … these figures make for highly entertaining company' - The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e'Vastly entertaining … Morris has all the scrupulousness of a scientist but he also has the eye of a novelist' - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e'Vastly entertaining' - The Oldie\u003cbr\u003e'Peppered with personal anecdotes and colourful detail, this is a lighthearted and entertaining read' - Vanity Fair\u003cbr\u003e'Very moreish' - The Herald, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret   Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525451718999,"sku":"9780500021361","price":35.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780500021361.jpg?v=1731860556","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lives-of-the-surrealists-desmond-morris-9780500021361","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}