The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber

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100% yes, an all time favourite.The Crimson Petal And The White (Canons)



Beautiful writing, matter-of-fact / shocking / blunt. I was living in Victorian England there for a while. It takes 40 hours to listen to, which I didn't realise until I'd bought it, and I'm so glad I did. Plenty of direct address to readers and grim irony.

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  1. McMahon352323 December 2018 at 14:10

    One of my all time favourites. Loved Sugar, a self made woman, despite and because of, her terrible mother. William reminded me somewhat of Rose Tremain's foppish character Merivel - spoiled and completely self absorbed, but not unlikeable.
    The detailed descriptions took me to a stinking, dark, dangerous Victorian London, that could have jumped straight from the pages of Mr Dickens.
    This book is a keeper.

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