"At the heart of Irina Kova's novel is a love story that follows the romantic journey of a Russian model, Natasha (or Tash), and an English aristocrat, Ben Spencer, as they struggle to bridge the social divide that separates them. The broader canvas of the novel depicts a latter-day Vanity Fair, a contemporary panorama representing the high-society life of the upper class, the international jet-set and the 'rich and famous'. A love story trying to find its place in a society with whose values and mores it seems irreversibly at odds. The author knows jet-set circles well. She creates interesting character types: old-money aristocrats, nouveaux riches, wannabies, self-made women and oligarchs. The world of fashionable resorts, luxury yachts and fake Rothko paintings is brought to life in this novel. Thackeray's Vanity Fair lives on today in a world where economic parameters remain the index of people's true worth, taking precedence over the content of their hearts. The author creates a satirical picture of contemporary high society, the life of the 'rich and famous'. Tash, whose goal in the beginning is to fit in, understands by the end of the novel that the prize so many set their lives on is not worth the winning. She discovers the pricelessness of sincere human feelings and the pre-eminence of love."
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