________________________________________ The Fabulous New Novel From The Bestselling Author Of Crazy Rich Asians When Lucy Tang Churchill Meets George Zao At A Lavish Capri Wedding, She Can't Stand Him: He's A Mama's Boy. A Self-righteous Eco-warrior. A Brooding Weirdo That Takes Himself Much Too Seriously. And No-one Should Look That Good In Tight White Speedos. Worried About What Her Mayflower-descended, Wall Street-wealthy Family Might Think Of This Hong Kong Surfer Boy, Lucie Returns To The Safety Of Manhattan's Upper East Side. So When She Meets Cecil, A Suave Billionaire More Concerned With His Instagram Account Than The Planet, She Thinks She's Found The Perfect Way To Forget That Moonlit Night... Beneath The Lobster Ravioli, Valentino Bikinis, Mega-yachts And Park Avenue Apartments, Lurks The Horror Of The 'informal' Dress Code And The Fear That Someone, Somewhere, Is Drinking A Better Vintage Champagne. Gloriously Decadent And Wildly Romantic, Sex And Vanity Is A Delicious Satire On The Grandest Of Scales. ________________________________________ People Watching Has Never Been So Much Fun.

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"On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can't stand him. She can't stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have the view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can't stand that he knows more about Curzio Malaparte than she does, and she really can't stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin, Charlotte. "Your mother is Chinese so it's no surprise you'd be attracted to someone like him," Charlotte teases. Daughter of an American-born-Chinese mother and blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucy is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world - and her heart. Moving between summer playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and extravagant fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures."--Provided bu publisher

On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can't stand him. She can't stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can't stand that he knows more about Casa Malaparte than she does, and she really can't stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin Charlotte. "Your mother is Chinese so it's no surprise you'd be attracted to someone like him," Charlotte teases. The daughter of an American-born Chinese mother and a blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucie is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment building, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world--and her heart

2024-11-05