Set in the circles of the high-fashion maga-

zine Best. October Blood dissects the domain

of the glamorous, the famous, the talented,

the ambitious, the clairvoyant and the mere

poseurs with a wit as razor-sharp and stylish

as the people and places it describes.

October Blood is also a moving study of

the emotional relationships between four

generations of mothers and daughters, each

more extravagant than the last.

Nada Fitzsimmons. whose mother aban-

doned her social position in Edwardian

England to live in the Sahara Desert. is the

editor of the highly influential Best and has

for decades dictated fashion to the elite. It is

through the eyes of her rebellious daughter.

Pauta, that we observe this fabulous society

From the opening party, which celebrates

Coco Chanel s visit to New York in the 1950s,

to the idiosyncrasies of Yves Saint-Lauren!

and the "haute-cuisine chic" of the eighties.