Ironic and insightful, this novel satirizes the contemporary art scene even as it conducts an honest search for the soul of art. The last remnant of a 19th-century ?domestic
engineering��dynasty, Gavin Twinge is the founder of the ?Doodaaa��group and the angriest voice in the British art scene. After meeting him at a bookstore, Ralphael Steed determines to tear
the veil of mystery that surrounds the inspirational artist, a task that will take him (in a London taxi, no less) to the south of France, where Gavin and his cohorts are busy
creating?between drinking binges?their epic installation The Philosophy of French Plumbing and discussing such culturally relevant topics as the soul-deadening effects of formal
education and the history of the flush toilet.
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Ir籀nica y perspicaz, esta novela satiriza el mundo del arte contempor獺neo a la misma vez que emprende una b繳squeda seria para el alma del arte.��ltimo residuo de una dinast穩a consagrada
desde el siglo XIX a la ?ingenier穩a dom矇stica,��Gavin Twinge es el fundador del movimiento dud獺 y la voz m獺s airada en el panorama art穩stico brit獺nico. Tras conocerlo en una librer穩a,
Ralphael Steed se impone la tarea de desvelar el misterio que rodea al inspirado creador, empe簽o que lo conducir獺 (en un taxi londinense) hasta las honduras de Francia, donde Gavin y sus
compinches est獺n creando?entre copas?su formidable instalaci籀n Metaf穩sica de la fontaner穩a francesa y platicando sobre temas decisivos para la cultura contempor獺nea como los efectos
perjudiciales de la educaci籀n formal y la historia del inodoro con cadena.
