Joe Tucker

The Secret Painter (eBook, ePUB)

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the crowd and yet one of a kind. The astonishing story of 'The Secret Lowry'.

Joe Tucker's Uncle Eric was a beloved yet unconventional figure throughout his life. A shambolically dressed man who lived with his mother for almost eighty years, he appeared to exist only for daily trips to the bookie - and yet had also quietly amassed over five hundred of his own remarkable paintings without anyone ever realising his achievements.

In this touching, funny and thoughtful investigation into the nature of expression, the ownership of art and the secret life of those nearest to us, Joe Tucker brings us into his uncle's world - and brings Eric Tucker's life's work into ours.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781837261574
• Artikelnr.: 69887417

Autorenporträt

Joe Tucker originally trained as an animation director before becoming a television scriptwriter. With his scriptwriting partner, Lloyd Woolf, he has created and written the BBC shows Witless, Click & Collect and Black Ops.

Rezensionen

The Secret Painter is so much more than a sentimental rags to riches yarn. Joe uses his uncle's extraordinary life to tell a broader story about the way that working-class people in the twentieth century were excluded from art-making. [A] thoughtful, funny book The Times