Michel Faber Author:The Crimson Petal & The White Named a Best Book of the Year by People, Entertainment Weekly, and the Chicago Tribune. A New York Times Notable book. — Meet Sugar, a 19-year-old prostitute in Victorian London who yearns for escape to a better life. From the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, she begins her ascent through society. Beginning with William Rackham, a perf... more »ume magnate whose lust for Sugar soon begins to smell like love, she meets a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters as her social rise is overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all kinds.« less