Real PeopleJanet Smith, a self-confessed sensitive lady writer, compares Illyria, a luxurious retreat for artists, to heaven when she first arrives. But before long she starts to see its guests as children, madmen and demons, as she makes disturbing discoveries about everyone there - including herself. |
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