Publisher's Synopsis
 
Sugar, an alluring, nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the terrifying Mrs Castaway, yearns for a better life and her ascent through the strata of 1870's London society offers us intimacy with a host of loveable, maddening and superbly realised characters.
Gripping from the first page, this immense novel is an intoxicating and deeply satisfying read, not only a wonderful story but the creation of an entire, extraordinary world.
 
Canongate Ltd.; 2003. Paperback. Slightly forward leaning. Some creasing to spine. Preowned. ISBN: 1841954314