MP
Fair - Good
R35
 
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky's destinies first cross at the riotous
premiere of The Rite of Spring. Seven years later, they cross again.
The newly rich Chanel invites the recently exiled and penniless
Stravinsky - along with his wife and four children - to spend the summer
at her villa. Both experience a fresh burst of creativity and, as the
sensuality and excitement of their work draws them closer, they soon
begin an intoxicating affair.
A novel of music, perfume and passion, Coco and Igor is a stunning debut.
'Impressively realised ... Coco and Igor brilliantly rehearses the dynamics
of a doomed relationship, spiced with illicit pleasure and laden with guilt'
Guardian
'Chris Greenhalgh brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of tension and
sultry passion'.Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph
'Greenhalgh writes convincingly about the sensual excitement that briefly
unites the pair' Sunday Times
'An intense account of the brief, electric affair between Coco Chanel and
lgor Stravinsky ... Period detail drips off the pages' Sydney Morning Herald
'Extraordinary ... the author's descriptive powers are vivid' Midweek