Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo moves to New York and is still searching for her place in the city that never sleeps – until a few months before her student visa expires, she meets Frank, a self-made man twenty years her senior. His life is full of excesses – in contrast to Cleo's. This chance encounter between two strangers outside a New Year’s Eve party changes everything, for better or for worse. He offers her a chance at happiness, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a daily life filled with beauty and art – and perhaps a reason to cut back on drinking. But their impulsive marriage dramatically changes both their lives, as well as the lives of those close to them, in ways neither of them had foreseen. An astonishing book about the spontaneous decisions that shape our entire lives and those imperfect relationships born from unexpectedly perfect nights.
PRESS REVIEWS
Coco Mellors pens the emancipation of a woman who defies the stereotypes imposed on her.
Elle
Funny and painful at the same time, Cleopatra and Frankenstein is a very cinematic novel.
Cosmopolitan
A wonderful, moving love story, an impressive depiction of how addiction and mental illness can distort our lives, and a sharp, witty portrait of a globalized New York.
Sam Lansky
A novel about how those in love often fall victim to misunderstandings, and how romantic troubles affect friends and family. A clever and captivating reinvention of big-city romance.
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- Author
- Coco Mellors
- Publisher
- Metaichmio
- Publishers
- Metaixmio
- Type
- Prose
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 680
- Release Date
- 07/05/2026
- Publication Date
- 2026
- Dimensions
- 14x20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786180348347
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