Crimson Petal and the White Geoff Dyer is a waterman on the

is a waterman on the River Thames

and the natural world’s eerie power

" Maxwell Perkins wrote Hemingway after reading the manuscript

Tracing the footsteps of the last century’s thinkers -including Woolf

with all its accompanying challenges and expectations

Crimson Petal and the White Geoff Dyer is a waterman on theSo begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low lifes, physicians, businessmen and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can. Be prepared for a mesmerising tale of passion, intrigue, ambition and revenge. An International Bestseller.