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Snow Ball
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Title: Snow Ball
Author: Brophy, Brigid
ISBN: 9780571362875
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2021
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: New
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Fiction 1286500
Publisher Description:
When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins ... So original and refreshing. -- Hilary Mantel Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat. -- Sarah Waters Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence. -- Iris Murdoch A great novel ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast. -- Guardian A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest. -- Eley Williams London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball is ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.
Author: Brophy, Brigid
ISBN: 9780571362875
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2021
Binding: Quality
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Fiction 1286500
Publisher Description:
When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins ... So original and refreshing. -- Hilary Mantel Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat. -- Sarah Waters Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence. -- Iris Murdoch A great novel ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast. -- Guardian A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest. -- Eley Williams London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball is ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.
