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''Enthralling... Ivo captures the euphoria and comedown of Soho''s clubland so acutely'' THE TIMES''Stunning . . . a love letter to the aliveness of London and its nightlife'' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH''A wild night of a book'' OCTAVIA BRIGHTAs ''Ruby'', Ruth Ivo was a successful burlesque performer, living in blissful bohemian squalor on a decommissioned military boat and spending her evenings unfolding from a Fabergé egg in various London clubs. Her life changes when she is asked to become show director at ''The Club'', a place as secretive as it is notorious. Before long, she''s trawling Soho back streets for props and knocking back shots with movie stars and billionaires. But as her nights unravel in a maelstrom of glamour and chaos behind the scenes, she feels her grasp on reality slipping through her fingers, and her soul wrung out by decadence. Under pressure to produce shows each more shocking than the last, she watches the perfor

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