8vo. Pp. [viii], 373, [3]. Illustrated wraps.
It is springtime in SoHo when Curtis, rock-star wannabe, first lays eyes on gangly, gorgeous Camilla and her matchmaking dachshund – and New York is transformed from a grey city into a colourful metropolis. Camilla becomes Curtis's obsession, muse and the reason he needs a record contract. "An expansive, lyrical, inventive writer... a rueful, funny first novel." –The New York Times