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Olivia Laing & Jack Parlett: The Silver Book
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- Aug 10, 2026
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Summary
Venice, September 1974. A chance meeting between a young English artist and Danilo Donati, production manager for Fellini and Pasolini, leads us into a tale of queer love, political intrigue and brutal murder. Emily Watlington wrote in Art in America ‘In our own era of rising fascism, of increasing violence and conservatism, Laing's novel feels eerily timely.’ To mark the paperback publication of The Silver Book Olivia Laing was reading from their work, and in conversation with Jack Parlett, author of Flamboyance, Fire Island and The Poetics of Cruising. You can buy a copy of The Silver Book from the London Review Bookshop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices