'Mr Vidal writes with an engaging freshness, which is rarely naive, occasionally salacious and almost always entertaining' Spectator 'A preposterously good novel' Sphere 'There is no one quite like him, and if you don't know his work then you should' Erica Wagner, The Times
The fast and furious hedonistic world of the jet-set commuting between the glamour centres of Europe is the setting for this famous novel by one of the twentieth century's most remarkable writers.
Philip Warren is a personable young American who moves amongst the international demi-gods of wealth and status in search of himself and a future which will satisfy his part cynical, part romantic outlook.