The scandalous 1960s classic of Christmas romance: when Anna is kissed by a masked figure at a festive masquerade New Year's Eve ball in the snow, a heady dance of seduction begins ... 'Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat.' Sarah Waters 'Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence.' Iris Murdoch 'Facing a holiday season without the usual parties is going to be tough, but this is where a great novel comes into its own ... Brophy's ornate and operatic masterpiece will transport you to a decadent New Year's Eve masquerade ball ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast of a book.' Guardian London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of an eighteenth-century themed masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone, mourning her youth - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious masked figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a heady, passionate dance of seduction charged by other clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an erotic frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball is a dazzling festive classic ripe to seduce a new generation of readers. 'So original and refreshing: the opulence, playful excess, brittle wit and penetration, the terror of stasis. I am certain it will lure a reader to discover more of Brigid Brophy.' Hilary Mantel 'One of the wittiest British writers of the past half century ... A comet in her day.' Terry Castle 'A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest.' Eley Williams