the hallucinations that only she can see
until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off
Fresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War
she guards a secret that could cost her everything
she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses
The Beautiful and Damned wells the hallucinations that only sheAnthony and Gloria Patch, would be Jazz Age aristocrats, embody the corruption and excess of 1920s New York: beautiful, shallow, pleasure seeking, and vain. As presumptive heirs to a vast fortune, they begin married life living far beyond their means, their days consumed with drinking, dancing, luxury, and play. But when the expected inheritance fails to materialize, their lives turn into a relentless pursuit of wealth, and their once unbreakable