{"product_id":"tipping-the-velvet-by-sarah-waters-9780349018485","title":"Tipping The Velvet","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the oyster huts of Whitstable to the music halls of Victorian London, Tipping the Velvet is the glorious first novel from this much-loved author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once - that I had ever seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star, turned rent boy, turned East End 'tom'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Erotic and absorbing... Written with startling power\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An unstoppable read, a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demi-monde of the roaring Nineties\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Waters is an extremely confident writer, combining precise, sensuous descriptions with irony and wit\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eObserver\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah Waters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57631233966453,"sku":"9780349018485","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780349018485.jpg?v=1791297608","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/tipping-the-velvet-by-sarah-waters-9780349018485","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}