Synopsis Fay Weldon was commissioned by Bulgari to write this novel featuring that company's jewelry. The story focuses on a woman named Grace Salt who tried to kill the man who stole her husband, then served time, and now has returned--only to find that life is even more complicated than before. And the jewelry shines out on every page.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-11-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 190 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Publisher's Note When painter Walter Wells auctions off a portrait of socialite Lady Juliet wearing a Bulgari necklace, chaos ensues as Grace McNab Salt, just out of jail from trying to run over her millionaire ex-husband's new wife Doris, falls in love with Walter, and Doris becomes obsessed with the necklace and will do anything to get it, in a wild and wicked novel filled with spite, revenge, romance, and love.
Industry Reviews "...THE BULGARI CONNECTION offers warm and lively company for a night or two. Like a hooker with a heart of gold (or rubies and emeralds), it'll show you a good time despite its questionable history." Washington Post Book World - Jennifer Howard (11/04/2001)
"Subtlety has rarely been Weldon's game, but this swift and amusing novel lacks the finery that tends to make literary fiction 'literary.' Weldon sketches her characters quickly, giving them recognizable, cartoonish shapes, and her descriptions are often hasty....You can count on Weldon, however, for sharp, comical observations....It's safe to say the novel will survive the latest brush with commerce." New York Times Book Review - Sylvia Brownrigg (11/04/2001)
"[I]t is not great literature--but then, neither are Weldon's other novels. The author...has forged yet another artful accessory studded with wicked wit. In fact, as entertainment and social commentary, THE BULGARI CONNECTION is no worse--and perhaps even a bit better--than her previous novels....As is clear from this corporate-funded satire about the chattering classes, Weldon relishes teetering on the fence between camp and crassness, and she doesn't care a whit about good taste." Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) - Heller McAlpin (11/04/2001)
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