Kingdom Swann is a novel by Miles Gibson

Miles Gibson

Miles Gibson is a reclusive English novelist, poet and artist. He was born in a squatters camp at an abandoned World War II airbase - RAF Holmsley South in the New Forest and raised in Christchurch, Hampshire....

 that was first published by Heinemann in 1990. It is a rambunctious satire on the dangerously thin line between art and pornography, fact and fantasy. The protagonist, Kingdom Swann, is a late Victorian painter of classical nudes on an epic scale who, turning to the camera to capture his subjects, finds himself recording the erotic fantasies of a generation. The novel was adapted by David Nobbs

David Nobbs

David Gordon Nobbs is an English comedy writer.Following an education at Marlborough College and Cambridge University, Nobbs wrote for many of Britain's comedy performers over the years, including Kenneth Williams, Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson and The Two Ronnies...

 as "Gentlemen's Relish" a feature-length drama for BBC TV in 2001 starring Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin...

, Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire

Sarah Lancashire is an English actress, probably best recognised for her role as Raquel Watts in Coronation Street. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986.-Television:...

 and Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Douglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...

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