![]() Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Their wedding is peopled by the book’s supporting cast, who include Quentin, Cleo’s gender-confused trustafarian pal who secretly thinks they’re soulmates Zoe, Frank’s financially dependent baby sister and Anders, Frank’s ‘will shag any woman who walks’ best mate. An addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. ![]() Witty repartee and frantic snogging out of the way, they marry a few months later. ![]() For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. She’s a beautiful British artist twenty years his junior, with long blonde hair and a visa that’s about to expire. Cleopatra and Frankenstein: ‘Move over Sally Rooney: this is the hottest new book’ - Sunday Times. He’s a fortysomething ad agency boss who drinks more than he should, weathering the disappointment of giving up his creative dreams to make money. That’s true at least for Cleopatra and Frankenstein, a positively inhalable debut by Coco Mellors about the fallout of a snap marriage between an older man and a younger woman.įrank and Cleo are at a trendy New Year’s Eve party in New York when they meet by chance in a lift. But they do make quite fun novels, as it turns out. I think we can all agree: quick marriages between people who barely know one another are not a good idea. ![]() New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT. ![]()
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