Journal Entry 1 by sunlightbub from Wallasey, Merseyside United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read. Faber's most ambitious fictional creation yet, it is sure to affirm his position as one of the most talented and brilliant writers working in the UK. Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life. Her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters. At the heart of this panoramic, multi-layered narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. The Crimson Petal and the White is a big, juicy, must-read of a novel that will delight, enthral, provoke and entertain young and old, male and female.

Off to Loz x 

Journal Entry 2 by bigcurlyloz from Fordham, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Received yesterday from Sunny - thank you! I think I may have another copy of this somewhere, but I know I haven't read it and it looks like a great read. 

Journal Entry 3 by bigcurlyloz at Fordham, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, June 21, 2010

I've just been though my shelves to try and get rid of a few books and discovered I have two copies of this. Setting to available.