Cigarettes is a novel about the rich and powerful, tracing their complicated relationships from the 1930s to the 1960s, from New York City to Upper New York State. Though nothing is as simple as it might appear to be, we could describe this as a story about Allen, who is married to Maud but having an affair with Elizabeth, who lives with Maud. Or say it is a story about fraud in the art world, horse racing, and sexual intrigues. Or, as one critic did, compare it to a Jane Austen creation, or to an Aldous Huxley novel - and be right and wrong on both counts.
- ISBN10 1564782034
- ISBN13 9781564782038
- Publish Date 12 November 1998 (first published 1 October 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 September 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English