{"product_id":"a-little-art-education-by-lynn-barber-9781739440541","title":"A Little Art Education","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJournalist, writer, interviewer, and memoirist Lynn Barber claims no skill in art herself but loves hanging out with artists and has devoted much of her career to interviewing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLynn Barber was born in 1944 and studied English at the University of Oxford. She began her career in journalism at Penthouse and progressed to the \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won six British Press Awards, and two volumes of her celebrated interviews have been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn's memoir about her schoolgirl affair with a con-man, was made into an Oscar-nominated film in 2010, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby, starring Carey Mulligan. \u003ci\u003eA Curious Career\u003c\/i\u003e, published in May 2014, continued the story of her life as a journalist and interviewer. \u003ci\u003eA Little Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e documents her fascination with art and artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book feels like a marvellous cocktail party, packed with the painters and sculptors Barber has interviewed over the years:...everyone, naturally, is smoking.'\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Hilton, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Little Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e [is a] highly entertaining celebration of the famous artists she has encountered over the course of a long and extremely successful career as a newspaper interviewer.'\u003c\/b\u003e John Maier, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Saturday Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362508718316,"sku":"9781739440541","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8392883482807.jpg?v=1772885614","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-little-art-education-by-lynn-barber-9781739440541","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}