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The Phantom Surrealist (Geoffrey Gates, Transit Lounge)

Tuesday, 21 July 2026    Books+Publishing
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Told through dual narratives, Geoffrey Gates’s The Phantom Surrealist follows present-day academic Christopher Tiffen and the fictional Australian surrealist artist Robert J Wake. Bored with his research, his relationship and the direction of his life, Tiffen becomes captivated by one of Wake’s paintings. An encounter with an attractive woman in...

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