Art of the Extreme 1905-1914 (Hardback)

Consummately well-informed and readable, replete with shameless gossip and memorable anecdote ... This book is a mesmerising pleasure -- Stephen Bayley * Spectator Books of the Year *
This is a spirited history told with the rush and hustle of a true enthusiast ... Hook pulls his material together with verve and elan * Times *
Erudite and amusing ... unfailingly enjoyable ... rich in anecdote and candid in opinion ... an invigorating introduction to the subject -- Rupert Christiansen * Spectator *
A fresh and often wry look at [the] avant-garde quartiers of Paris * Sunday Times *
Philip Hook makes modern art understandable and accessible to us all ... His lifetime of proximity to works by great masters has made him a well informed afficionado. [An] easily readable, engaging book -- Art Flynn * Irish Examiner *
Praise for Rogue's Gallery Hook...writes suavely and racily ... has a fabulous ear for anecdotes ... his entertaining book has a Wodehousian tone that makes even the most heinous act it describes glint with comedy -- Waldemar Januszczak * Sunday Times *
Fascinating and elegantly written...both wise and timely -- William Boyd * Guardian *
Wonderfully entertaining ... full of cracking stories -- Hannah Rothschild * Mail on Sunday *
Fascinating ... Hook writes with honesty and wry detachment -- Robert Eustace * Telegraph *
A pleasure to read -- Michael Prodger * Times *