Description
Whoever said that beauty wasn’t everything should live for a day in Honey Harper’s skin. As Honey well knows, beauty is a currency and, like money, you either have it or you don’t. Unfortunately, at least where cold hard cash is concerned, she and her husband Roland have found themselves in the latter category. So when Roland’s sixteen-year-old son from his first marriage Brian arrives on their doorstep, replete with a generous carer’s allowance, she is eager to welcome him into their home. Uncomfortably eager.
Because Honey has noticed that her influence over young men is waning. Where once she could leverage her looks to extract expensive jewellery and invitations to exclusive events from her lovers, five years into marriage she feels neutered, and restless. If she can have Brian, she reasons, she can have anyone. But this queasy seduction will have devastating consequences…
A mid-century retelling of the Phaedra myth, Honey delights as much as it appalls. Originally published in 1968, it’s a wonder that a novel with so much verve and bite ever fell out of print.
