The Shoreditch Exhibition is a novel set in the creative cauldron of Shoreditch, London where artistic ambition and professional jealousy lead to tragic consequences. A witty expose of what can happen in the name of Art.
AUBREY is a stand-up comic craving creative recognition. Alas, after several years of performing on the comedy circuit, he’s facing burn out. He no longer wants to ‘go with the flow’ and it’s time to take more control. To save his fragile career he takes a break and decides to pursue what he perceives is a normal life. He wants to explore his new home, Shoreditch, make some friends and he’s looking for love.
RACHEL is an intelligent, feisty, stripper with ambitions to get to the top, of what she’s not sure. She’s looking for a change in career that will provide her with what she so craves, respect.
OSCAR is a conceptual artist although his last successful exhibition, ‘Brit Burp’, is a distant memory. ‘Brit Burp’ was a sudden manifestation of his inner self, and it catapulted him to fame and fortune. Oscar, now paralysed with the fear of failure can’t create anything worthy of his reputation.
They live in times of social unrest with conflicting groups taking to the streets in violent protest. An unidentified explosion brings people together. A community of writers, comics, painters, and sculptors all seek to understand these hostile times.
The pursuit of a ‘normal’ life leads Aubrey into a complex and frustrating labyrinth of lies, deceit and murder as they become consumed with the need for success.
