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Unveiled

By: Vincent Fantauzzo
Narrated by: Richard Roxburgh
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 Narrated by Richard Roxburgh, renowned Australian actor celebrated for his roles in Rake and Moulin Rouge!. Immerse yourself in this powerful memoir and discover Vincent Fantauzzo's journey of art, love, and resilience.

Raised amid poverty and violence on the poor streets of Melbourne, Vincent Fantauzzo was just a boy when he accepted he would either die very young, become a gangster or end up behind bars. Tormented by a troubled home life and dismissed as a simpleton at school where he struggled to read and write, Vincent projected a violent and frightening persona as a means of self-protection. Inside that tough exterior, however, lived a thoughtful, sensitive and creative boy whose only wish was to be loved - and to one day break free of the intergenerational dysfunction he seemed doomed to inherit. He could never have imagined how far his dream of a better life - and an uncanny knack for drawing - would take him.

Virtually illiterate, Vincent used forged papers to hustle his way into art school where dark secrets threatened to sink his brilliant career before it even began. Today his work hangs in galleries around the world including the National Portrait Gallery and Federal Parliament House in Canberra. He's sold out international exhibitions, won the Archibald Prize People's Choice Award more times than any artist and taken out the Doug Moran Portrait Prize. Twice.

Arguably Vincent's most impressive and important achievement is his survival and the remarkable, sometimes ridiculous and occasionally glamorous, life he willed into existence despite severe and undiagnosed dyslexia that left him with no formal education and debilitating memory problems. Sometimes tragic, often hilarious but always deeply moving, Unveiled is a paint-spattered, star-studded, white-knuckle ride from the Housing Commission ghettos of Australia to the art galleries of Hong Kong, through the back roads of India and into the nightclubs of New York as Vincent chases his dream with humility, humour and a boundless love for people and a life better lived. Art Best of 2025 Witty
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Vincent had shut thrown at him. He not only threw it back, he turned it into honey.

Another masterpiece

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Brilliant. I had never heard much about Vincent but wow! Vulnerable and honest. Loved it.

Raw and Real

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This is a great book. A confronting and sometimes harrowing story but well written and very brave…well done VF!!

A brave book!!

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Really enjoyed listening to rich roxs reading of this very inspiring story. Being from melb it was great to get an insight into the city & art scene and Vincent’s life thankyou for sharing... (and esp enjoyed the bit about RR being a “good bloke”) :D

Inspiring listening

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The honest & incredible life of Vincent is heartwarming & heartbreaking st the same time. What an incredible man. Thank you for sharing

Better than a painting

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