The Painted Veil Condition:Well Read Set around the turn of

Set around the turn of the last millennium

Tally is about to turn sixteen

"Published to impressive critical acclaim

cultural identity and queer sexuality

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The Painted Veil Condition:Well Read Set around the turn ofKitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages. First published to a storm of protest, The Painted Veil is a