ABSTRACT
I first noticed the man in the purple coat, gazing confrontationally through two pieces of a broken mask which had apparently once been of a woman’s face. ‘How far would you go for beauty?’ wryly questioned the words printed beneath the image on the back cover of the paperback. Hmm, I thought, and flipped it over to continue reading inside:
‘Jamie Angelo: a man obsessed with perfection. He’s a genius, a sculptor in human flesh. Using the most advanced technology and his artistic flair, he can create age-defying beauty from the plainest of materials. Women famous for their looks all over the world owe their success to him. Movie actresses, television stars, models and socialites revolve around him in New York’s glittering highlife, desperate to ward off age and ugliness.
