The Bulgari Connection
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Author | Fay Weldon |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Flamingo Press |
Released | 2001 |
Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 224 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0007121261 (first edition, hardback) |
The Bulgari Connection was a 2001 novel by Fay Weldon, that became notorious for its commercial tie-in: in exchange for £18,000 from the jeweler Bulgari, she was required to mention the name of the jeweler at least 12 times. Such a move was unprecedented for a published, established author (The Bulgari Connection was her 23rd novel), and a front-page article was published about it in the New York Times, quoting such writers as Rick Moody, J. G. Ballard, Michael Chabon, and Jeanette Winterson.
The story concerned a character named Grace McNab Salt, and her re-integration into high society after ending a term in prison that she served for attempting to run her husband's mistress Doris Dubois with her car.