Paul d’Aspremont is travelling to Naples to meet his fiancee, a beautiful, delicate English rose called Alicia Ward. Having courted Alicia in the sober northern climes of England and France, Paul finds his love challenged by Neapolitan superstition - in particular that of a handsome Italian count who wishes to win Alicia for himself. Claiming that he is acting in Alicia’s best interests, the Count convinces Alicia’s uncle that Paul has the evil eye. Paul - once a rational, urbane Frenchman - begins to believe the Count’s accusations of his jinx. Should he renounce his love to save Alicia from his evil eye?

Paul d’Aspremont is travelling to Naples to meet his fiancee, a beautiful, delicate English rose called Alicia Ward. Having courted Alicia in the sober northern climes of England and France, Paul finds his love challenged by Neapolitan superstition - in particular that of a handsome Italian count who wishes to win Alicia for himself. Claiming that he is acting in Alicia’s best interests, the Count convinces Alicia’s uncle that Paul has the evil eye. Paul - once a rational, urbane Frenchman - begins to believe the Count’s accusations of his jinx. Should he renounce his love to save Alicia from his evil eye?

A brilliant, macabre examination of our mnermost fantasies and fears, The Tinx illustrates how- even in this age of reason - passion can overthrow logic.

Foreword by Gilbert Adair

Introduction

The Jinx

 Notes

Biographical note