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    Kevin Kwan's New 'Sex And Vanity' Is A Summer Romp With A Satirical Sting

    For his latest novel, Kevin Kwan decided to update one of his own favorite books, A Room With a View. The result is Sex and Vanity, a fun, decadent whirl that manages to take on some serious subjects.
    by Lulu Garcia-Navarro Jun 28, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Doubleday

    The settings: A lavish Capri wedding, Italian villas, mansions in the Hamptons and a mega-yacht. The love interests: George Zao, a Chinese-Australian surfer, and Lucie Tang Churchill of, yes, Churchills. The book: . And it could only be written by Kevin Kwan, author of , who says he felt like it was time to move on from the decadent, glamorous world of that series. "I mean, I'd written three books, you know, over 1800 pages worth of this epic

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