![]() Only four people could have betrayed her. When a mysterious writer offers her a seemingly trivial proposition to star in an opera of his own writing, Lilliet realizes that the libretto is not fictional, but based on her secret past. This is the world Lilliet Berne inhabits in Alexander Chee’s long-awaited novel, The Queen of the Night, a world soon threatened after Lilliet has fought so hard to enter it. ![]() ![]() Dresses, as Lilliet has learned, can even start wars. She’s a global phenomenon, a pop diva times ten, and the wrong dress can end a career. Blessed and cursed as a rare Falcon soprano, she fascinates and perplexes the Paris tabloids with her every move, rumor, and certainly every costume she adorns. The year is 1882 and Lilliet is perhaps the most popular opera singer in the world. ![]() But she happens to be more concerned about her ill-fitting dress than the crowd, and with good reason. ![]() The Queen of the Night fittingly opens with opera singer Lilliet Berne at the height of her storied career, cheered by the masses as she enters an extravagant ball at Luxembourg Palace. ![]()
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