{"product_id":"andrew-durbin-the-wonderful-world-that-almost-was","title":"Andrew Durbin: The Wonderful World that Almost Was","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"mix-blend-mode: normal;\" class=\"fe-block fe-block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"entry-content\" id=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe work of photographer Peter Hujar defined downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Paul Thek was an American sculptor and painter. Hujar and Thek met in 1956 and shared a strong intellectual and artistic connection that influenced the work of both artists. \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful World That Almost Was\u003c\/i\u003e follows the development of the intense friendship – and romance – between them, from their first encounter in Miami to the painful end of their friendship in the mid-1970s. It was during that period that Hujar and Thek produced some of their most famous and significant works, and this biography traces the ways in which these artists’ work directly and indirectly influenced both one another and the wider cultural sphere, and features the large circle of friends and artists they shared, from Andy Warhol and Fran Lebowitz, to Susan Sontag and David Wojnarowicz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Wonderful World that Almost Was\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eGranta Books, April 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Durbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e496 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781803512136\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"* New or Sealed *","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56802845852028,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/TheWonderfulWorldThaAlmostWasCover.jpg?v=1779547014","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/andrew-durbin-the-wonderful-world-that-almost-was","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}