'A macabre tale, brilliantly told' London Evening Standard

'Strikingly original, combining horror and wit in equal proportions' Daily Telegraph

"AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, BEING MEN OF THE WORLD, I HAVE BEEN BRANDED AS A LECHER, A FORNICATOR, A CREATURE DEDICATED TO MAKING NOTHING ELSE BUT LOVE."

In his coffin, awaiting judgment, a once-celebrated playboy recalls his life of debauchery. He remembers his first seduction by the entrancing blonde Antonella one hot afternoon on an Adriatic island. He surveys lasciviously his subsequent notorious career as a...