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![]() More Sprees in London, an annual publication aimed at men who like to flatter themselves that they are connoisseurs of cunt, points William towards Sugar, a prostitute who holds an almost mythical place in the city's collective longing. Here is the London that Dickens did not live quite long enough to write about, a city of department stores and omnibuses, advertising hoardings, canned foods and shop-bought Christmas cards. Faber captures this slick new age brilliantly. ![]() ![]() Where once William dreamed of astounding London with his finely crafted thoughts on life and literature, now he floods it with mid-market face creams stinking of cheap lavender. Rackham Perfumeries is a long-standing family affair struggling to make the tricky transition into the age of mass production. Set in Notting Hill (Faber can never resist a sly nod towards the modern) in 1875, The Crimson Petal and the White tells the story of William Rackham, an ageing young man who is obliged to give up hopes of authorship in order to turn man of business. All this might sound sensational - both in the Victorian way, meaning packed with stimuli, and in the contemporary sense of being calculatingly enticing - were it not for the fact that the novel's grosser moments are embedded in a narrative of exquisite historical accuracy. ![]()
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