The late Jean-Paul Clébert’s Paris Vagabond is a genre-defying classic. Part autobiography, part city guide, part history, it’s a stirring evocation of the dark underbelly of post-war Paris--its streets and shady nooks, from Boulevard Poniatowski to the Saint-Ouen flea market, from the red light district of Rue Quincampoix to Place de la Contrescarpe. Accompanied by gritty photographs by Patrice Molinard, Clébert’s poetic stories of the French capital breath life into a seductive side of the city lost to time. Translator Donald Nicholson-Smith will be joined by author Luc Sante to discuss this work brought back to life by New York Review Books.

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