Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vortex

Release date is 2022-05-04

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"The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts" by Noël Coward is a play written in 1924. Set in post-World War I British high society, it explores the sexual vanity of an aging socialite and her complicated relationship with her adult son. The play depicts drug abuse and includes what critics view as coded references to homosexuality, then illegal in Britain. Its scandalous content made it Coward's first major commercial success, though it barely survived official censorship before its November 1924 premiere in London. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Originally published: United States: Harper & Brothers, 1924