This hauntingly romantic story marks the auspicious debut of a young novelist Lawrence Durrell calls “a born writer.” Shadows and Light precisely, poignantly anatomizes the nature of erotic obsession, as a gifted, independent artist falls into sensual thrall to a sophisticated, worldly and ultimately elusive lover. Allegra Clayton is unconventionally beautiful, sensitive, yet sexually unawakened, [...]

Called “a born writer” by Lawrence Durrell, Francesca Stanfill weaves a rich tapestry of romance, gothic suspense, and literary divertissement in her new novel, Wakefield Hall. Here is a sensuous evocation of late 1980s New York City-where a facade of jewels, couture, luxurious residences, and exquisitely arranged dinner parties cloaks a treacherous fin de siecle [...]

Sexual Philosopher Camille Paglia jousts with the politically correct.

In the rarefied atmosphere of New York society, Françoise and Oscar de la Renta have created a latter-day salon for le nouveau grand monde — the very rich, very powerful and very gifted.