About the Author

Chris Greenhalgh was born in Manchester. He has published two collections of poetry and is the winner of an Eric Gregory Award. He teaches at Sevenoaks School, Kent, where he is Head of English.

Reviews

From the ephemeral liaison of the milliner and the musician, Greenhalgh has elicited a fine, entrancingly poetic novel - Peter Conrad, ObserverChris Greenhalgh brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of tension and sultry passion - Sunday TelegraphImpressively realised - GuardianGreenhalgh writes convincingly, often sympathetically, about the sensual excitement that briefly unites the pair - Sunday TimesAn intense account of the brief, electric affair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky...Period detail drips off the pages - Sydney Morning Herald