"White continues his legacy as a pioneer of queer literature with this mesmerizingly erotic tragicomedy." -- Buzzfeed "The work of Edmund White stands as an unignorable achievement in the past half century of American literature. It is astonishing to see him, in his ninth decade, after more than a dozen novels, writing with such daring and abandon, with the true artist's bracing, vivifying disregard for the stifling canons of good taste. He is one of our living treasures, an inspiration, and a wonder." -- Garth Greenwell, author of CLEANNESS and WHAT BELONGS TO YOU "Love may be universal, but no one writes about love quite like Edmund White. The veteran author returns with an outrageous, tender novel that complicates contemporary ideas of what traditional, 'appropriate' desires and relationships look like . this novel is as mischievous as it is thought-provoking. It is Edmund White at his very best.

" -- BookPage, Starred Review "Studded with endless witticisms and brilliant social comedy, this book is likely the most clever and creative pornographic novel ever written by an octogenarian . Everything you love about White, explicit sex, French champagne, and insouciant murder included." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hot, sexual, desirous, and disastrously doomed . there is a cinematic plot, a narrative arc, and a scandalous conclusion driving this showstopper, but White's uniquely freaky unrestrained creativity is the main reason to buy a front row seat." -- Bay Area Reporter.