Douglas Johnson

Always the scene of great events

issue 09 November 2002

  • SEVEN AGES OF PARIS: PORTRAIT OF A CITY

    Alistair Horne

    Macmillan, pp. 520

The Italian author, Alberto Arbasino, has recently published a book recalling his stay in Paris as a student during 1956. Entitled Paris,

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