Blackeyes

{{short description|1988 novel by Dennis Potter}} {{other uses|Black Eyes (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book |  | name = Blackeyes | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:Blackeyes.jpg | caption = First edition | author = [[Dennis Potter]] | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = [[Faber & Faber]] | release_date = 12 October 1988 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|hardback]] & [[paperback]]) | pages = 184 pp | isbn = 0-679-72047-2 | dewey= 823/.914 19 | congress= PR6066.O77 B56 1988 | oclc= 17952787 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''Blackeyes''''' is a novel by British writer [[Dennis Potter]], published in 1987 by [[Faber and Faber]]. It concerns the relationship between sexuality, exploitation, power and money. These are explored through the career of a desirable model known as "Blackeyes".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Anthony |title=Loose change from heaven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-loose-change-from-heaven/183596963/ |access-date=24 October 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 October 1987 |location=London |page=17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Hilary |author1-link=Hilary Bailey |title=Deaths in the family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-deaths-in-the-family/183597027/ |access-date=24 October 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 October 1987 |page=14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The novel was later adapted by Potter as a 1989 [[BBC]] television [[Blackeyes (TV series)|serial of the same name]] with actress [[Gina Bellman]] in the eponymous role.<ref>{{cite news |title=The tortured playwright who went wrong |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph-the-tortured-playwright/183596685/ |access-date=24 October 2025 |work=[[Sunday Telegraph]] |date=31 December 1989 |location=London |page=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:1987 British novels]] [[Category:1987 English-language novels]] [[Category:Novels by Dennis Potter]] [[Category:Faber & Faber books]]