The Jinx

Paul d'Aspremont is travelling to Naples to meet his fiancée, a beautiful, delicate English rose called Alicia Ward. Having courted Alicia in the sober northern chines 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 lie is acting in Alicia's best interests, the Count convinces Alicia's uncle that Paul bas the evil eye. Paul - once a rational, urbane Frenchman - begins to believe the Count's accusations of his jinx. Should lie renounce his love to save Alicia from his evil eye? A brilliant, macabre examination of our innermost fantasies and fears, The Jinx illustrates how - even in this age of reason - passion can overthrow logic.