Debut novelist Eastham explores art's complicity with power and capital
Ben Eastham's debut novel "The Floating World" follows an art critic who accepts a job with an arms manufacturer's cultural wing after his wife's death, moving to a Greek island to help launch a billionaire's utopian dome settlement. The book examines art's complicity with power and global capital through the narrator's moral compromise.
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Published 15 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC · Updated 15 Oct 2026, 06:20 UTC
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