First published 1963
Aging socialite Mrs. Goforth is in a desperate race against time to finish her memoirs before she dies. Holed up in her lavish Italian villa, she bullies her young secretary, spews venom at a visitor, and propositions a handsome poet half her age. As she clings to her scandalous past, the arrival of the enigmatic "angel of death" Chris Flanders threatens to expose the hollowness at the core of her gilded life. In the end, Mrs. Goforth must decide whether to embrace the comfort of his spiritual companionship or cling to her last desperate bid for carnal fulfillment.
Genres: drama, literary-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Italy
Period: 20th-century
72 pages · Paperback · Dramatist's Play Service
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content