"So original and refreshing." — "Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat." — "Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence." — "A great novel ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast." — "A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest." — London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's is ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.