First edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 286. Black cloth, lettered in silver to spine; maroon endpapers.
Signed by Author to title page.
Brady's fourth novel. A pianist conman ensnares a titled heiress in London, only for her to turn into his most lethal adversary. Winner of the 1993 Whitbread Book of the Year Award, as well as France's coveted Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, for her second novel Theory of War. "Pure magic." –Sunday Times