Adele Louisante, as Sylvester named the exquisite creature he rescued from slaughter in a Pyrenean village, was a paradox of fetid smells and delicate perfections. To protect and tend her, Sylvester summons to Paris his sister, though what begins as scientific enquiry degenerates into obsession.
- ISBN10 0747533326
- ISBN13 9780747533320
- Publish Date 17 July 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Paperback
- Pages 300
- Language English