On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of the painting, looking at it from aesthetic, art-historical, interior-design, and psychological points of view, was that it had cost forty-seven thousand pounds, plus VAT.

John Lanchester
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I was first introduced to Damien Hirst's work by my friend, Harris. He told me that Damien Hirst's work is unbelievably expensive and that his pieces are like nothing I've ever seen before. This is one of the most expensive paintings I've ever seen in my life. This painting had cost the same as some cars I had seen on TV. Yet, it had some sort of artistic value to me which was lost on Roger.

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