Critical Praise

“The Last Nude is a remarkable novel: at once a seductive evocation of Lost Generation Paris, a faithful literary rendering of Tamara de Lempicka's idiosyncratic and groundbreaking art, and a vibrant, intelligent, affecting story in its own right. It's also smoking hot.”

—Emily Barton, author of Brookland

"A sly, sleekly written stereograph of art, desire and desperation in Paris in the '20s, The Last Nude brings Rafaela to electric life, much as Tamara de Lempicka did when she painted her."

—Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh

"As erotic and powerful as the paintings that inspired it, Avery's artist-muse love story is moreover a tale of money, class and betrayal."

—Emma Donoghue, author of Room