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Joanna Pitman read Japanese at Cambridge University and was Tokyo correspondent for The Times from 1990-1994, where she now works as the photography critic. Her first book, On Blondes, was published by Bloomsbury. She lives in London with her family.
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"Enthralling piece of detective work...Pitman offers a pithy and chilling insight into the mind of this precocious artist" * The Times * "Fascinating" -- Nigel Farndale * Daily Telegraph * "Art history for the general reader comes no more stylishly packaged than this ... All the characters leap out of the page, and provenance has never been so exciting" * Country Life * "Joanna Pitman tells us something we already suspect to be true, and she does it beautifully" * Spectator * "Riveting ... Provocative ... Travelling undercover, this brunette produced a book which, like its subject, is wonderfully enlightening" -- Allison Pearson * Daily Telegraph *
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- PublisherEbury Press
- Publication date2006
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- ISBN 13 9780091901714
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