The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

Title: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria Author: José Donoso ISBN: 9780811232241 Publisher: New Directions Published: 2025 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Fiction 1669779 Publisher Description: All of a sudden, Blanca Arias has it all. The daughter of middling Nicaraguan diplomats posted to Madrid, she marries, at the age of 19, the equally young and passionate Marquess of Loria, her darling Paquito, heir to one of the largest fortunes (and most august titles) in Spain. Paquito, as if on cue, dies of diphtheria, leaving his young widowed Marquise alone, free, and inconceivably rich. Donoso's luxurious and disturbing work details the sexual awakening of the Marquise of Loria as her white-gloved chauffeur shuttles her from tryst to tryst. But it's not all Patek Phillipes and pink champagne: Blanca's mother-in-law Casilda is sc