The Crimson Petal And The White (Canons)

by Michel Faber

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Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life and her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters.

Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read, not only a wonderful story but the creation of an entire, extraordinary world.
  • ISBN10 1841954314
  • ISBN13 9781841954318
  • Publish Date 11 September 2003 (first published 16 September 2002)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 5 June 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Canongate Books
  • Edition Main - New Cover Edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 984
  • Language English