Cleopatra and Frankenstein. Coco Mellors. 2022.

New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. Sure, she’s at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank’s life is full of all the success and excess that Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a life imbued with beauty and art - and hopefully, a reason to cut back on his drinking. They are everything each other needs right now. 

Cleo and Frank run head first into a romance that neither of them can quite keep with, that reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them, whether that’s Cleo’s best friend struggling to embrace his gender identity in the wake of her marriage, or Frank’s financially dependant sister arranging sugar-daddy dates after being cut off.