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“... entirely wilful and implicit with the grandiosity of the child laying claim to his domain. Francine duPlessix Gray, in this wildly partisan and thoroughly enjoyable biography of Colet, whom she attempts to reinstate as a female icon and ‘yet another woman whose memory has been erased by the caprices of ...”

“... rather Chinese despite her blonde hair. While Irving drives her home, Arthur and Judith talk about Francine duPlessix Gray, whom they met last night. She is writing a ‘domestic biography’ of the Marquis de Sade. Apparently she did not seem interested in ‘post-sexual women’, a subject about which she wrote ...”

“... Leaving a Doll’s House had been dictated by Roth’s Connecticut neighbour and flouncy nemesis Francine duPlessix Gray – ‘Francine Duplicitous Gray’, as Roth called her. Interviewing may not have been Miller’s forte but what was ...”