Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
Wild Thing is a vital re-examination of the trail-blazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin – the first full biography in over thirty years – written by the award-winning author of I Am Dynamite!
Includes over 70 colour illustrations.
We are thrilled that Wild Thing has won the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025. Listen to Sue’s acceptance speech at the bottom of this page.
- Cover based on Gauguin’s ‘Self-portrait with Halo and Snake’
- Sue Prideaux at the Faber Spring Party presenting Wild Thing, March 2024.
- Sue Prideaux at the Faber Spring Party presenting Wild Thing, March 2024.
For pictures from the author’s research trip to Polynesia, see the photo gallery here.
Sue’s Duff Cooper Prize acceptance speech: