novel are largely fictionalised. Stravinsky was reputed to have been a philanderer who had several affairs, including one with Chanel. Whereas Stravinsky never publicly referred to this alleged affair, Chanel spoke about it at length to her biographer Paul Morand in 1946 (the conversation was published thirty years later as l'Allure de Chanel). The accuracy of Chanel's claims has been disputed both by Stravinsky's second wife, Vera, and by his close musical collaborator, Robert Craft. The Chanel fashion house avers there is no evidence that any affair between Chanel and Stravinsky ever occurred. Editions English UK hardback: Headline Review, 1 July 2002 () UK paperback: Headline Review, 7 July 2003 () US trade paperback: Riverhead Books (an imprint of Penguin USA), 1 December 2009 () Translations Coco and Igor has been translated into several languages, including: French: 'Coco et Igor' – Calmann-Levy, 8 April 2009, translated by Elsa Maggion () Russian: 'Villa Bel Respiro' – Symposium, 1 June 2009 () Polish: 'Coco i Igor' – Wydawnictwo Amber, 2002, translated by Barbara Przbylowska () Greek: 'Coco and Igor' – Empeiria, November 2003, translated by Persa Koumoutsi () Chinese: 'Coco and Igor' – Sun Color Culture Publishing Co. Ltd, October 2009 () References 2002 British novels Fiction about fashion Films about fashion British historical novels Novels set in Paris British novels adapted into films Cultural depictions of Igor Stravinsky Cultural depictions of Coco Chanel Fiction set in the 1910s Headline Publishing Group books