Letty Fox talks us through her search for marital bliss in 1930s New York and London.

One hot night last spring, after waiting fruitlessly for a call from my then lover, with whom I had quarrelled the same afternoon, and finding one of my black moods on me, I flung out of my lonely room on the ninth floor (unlucky number) in a hotel in lower Fifth Avenue and rushed into the streets of the Village, feeling bad. Letty Fox is hunting for a husband. Her picaresque adventures are brilliantly described in this imaginative portrayal of a woman who might have been independent, but chose otherwise.

"Reissued as part of the Apollo imprint's mission to rescue neglected literary gems, with a brilliant introduction by Tim Parks, it is a compelling tour de force, spilling over with exuberant characters, richly observed settings an mordant wit" - The Lady

"A fascinating read which gives much food for thought as well as painting some larger than life characters and settings... Another worthwhile addition to Apollo's reprint series'" - Shiny New Books

"A darkly comic novel" - Simple Things magazine