Critical Praise

"Readers in the mood to be seduced [will be] beguiled by this thickly atmospheric book and its restless lovers [who] float languidly through . . . a place of seductive allure . . . where anything is permissible."

——The New York Times

"Mesmerizing . . . a series of diverting, finely drawn glimpses that evoke a doomed world of escapist pleasure.”

——The Washington Post Book World