The release date for the English version of 'The Crimson Petal and the White' by
Michel Faber is Jan 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Sugar, a 19-year-old London prostitute, longs for a better life. From cruel brothel owner Mrs. Castaway, she rises through the ranks. William Rackham, the self-absorbed perfume mogul, soon smells of love. Preening socialites, inebriated journalists, unreliable servants, disgusting guttersnipes, and various types of prostitutes are drawn to her ascetic climb.