Biche

Published in 2000 by Hodder and Stoughton.

George and her gang - Holly, Bet, Ann and Alex- are twentysomething wannabes. Eking out an existence in whatever way they can, they live in a rundown part of Montmartre, waiting to be discovered as the next big things in fashion and journalism.

Addicted to one night stands, George has always assumed that one day she'll meet 'The One'. But when 'The One' finally turns up, it is somebody quite unexpected. Life for George and the Gang will never be quite the same again.

Does for Paris what Armistead Maupin did for San Francisco. The Guardian

Very funny and spectacularly sordid. Biche is like a delicious soufflé sprinkled with minutely observed details... Highly entertaining. Time Out

Genuinely evocative and amusing naughty stuff. A witty, mucky, authentic book, which puts a new and most welcome spin on this looking-for-the-one genre. London Evening Standard

Comic, tender and with lashings of rude bits. The Times

Sexy without being "erotic", funky without being "feisty", funny without being "zany" and rebellious without being "irreverent." Julie Burchill