‘Gonzalo taught me about modern art, and contemporary art, taught me how to distinguish between the good and the bad and between what would and would not sell. He told me which agents to flatter, which artists to promote, when to praise a young genius, and when to stay clear of writing about someone whose career was soon going to end.’ He broke off and took a sip of coffee, and Brunetti took the opportunity to remark, ‘You make it sound like a confidence game.’ ‘It is. It’s as fake as soccer: they’re both decided in rooms, not on the field. Agents decide who goes up and who goes down, who wins
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