A shocking European novel. It provoked a huge scandal in Romania and repeated attempts to censor it were made. The author was accused of pornography, even if nothing within the book can be called pornographic - much the same as with Nabokov's Lolita. Kiki Vasilescu was said to be the 21th century version of Arthur Miller: witted, cynical and sexual. Enjoy its daring perversion while keeping in mind that you need to preserve your innocence if you truly want to enjoy a deep and sophisticated perversity.