Adele A Novel Author:Mary Flanagan The mystery of Adle infuses this erotic novel, which starts in decadent 1930s Paris and ends in today's brash London. Celia Pippet, founder of a feminist magazine, impulsively steals a bizarre artifact from the British Museum. Joined by her friend Martin, a filmmaker, and American academic Tamara, she flees to Bez in southern France to escape de... more »tection and to pursue the trail of the beguiling Adle. Fifty years before, Adle had been rescued from Bez by Dr. Jonas Sylvester. He brought her to Paris where she captured the city's attention with her alluring beauty and air of secrecy. When Sylvester brings over sister Blanche to look after Adle, he is not prepared for the love between them nor their escape from him. He takes his revenge. Moving between Blanche's life with Adle and Celia's search for clues into that life, the stories converge in Bez where the three friends discover Blanche's existence and Adle's true, if unbelievable, identity. The effects of the revelation are shattering--Adle's erotic power extends beyond the grave, melding past and present into a single reality. A provocative and original novel by an accomplished literary writer who steps beyond the boundaries of what we know as male and female.« less