Fülszöveg
Paris. The Flea Club. Denizens of the night gather to indulge
their tastes. Older, wealthy American women and screechy men
compete for the favors of handsome young gigolos. A prostitute
plies her trade at the bar. Bored expatriates mark time over
drinks. Overseeing this Parisian demi-monde is Nicole, the
steely chanteuse who sings of romance. When murder shatters
the easy-going ambience of her club, it's up to Hooper Taliaferro
and his redoubtable visitor Dr. Mary Finney to untangle the web
of duplicity, intrigue, and passion surrounding the patrons of
this raffish boite in the City of Lights.
''The true delight is in Head's style, its limpid ease combined
with humor and an awesome precision of phrase. '
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Once again Mr. Head demonstrates precisely how to combine
the formal detective story with a wittily literate novel of
character perception."
—Anthony Boucher, The New York Times
"Agreeably eccentric, sophisticated entertainment not at all...
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Fülszöveg
Paris. The Flea Club. Denizens of the night gather to indulge
their tastes. Older, wealthy American women and screechy men
compete for the favors of handsome young gigolos. A prostitute
plies her trade at the bar. Bored expatriates mark time over
drinks. Overseeing this Parisian demi-monde is Nicole, the
steely chanteuse who sings of romance. When murder shatters
the easy-going ambience of her club, it's up to Hooper Taliaferro
and his redoubtable visitor Dr. Mary Finney to untangle the web
of duplicity, intrigue, and passion surrounding the patrons of
this raffish boite in the City of Lights.
''The true delight is in Head's style, its limpid ease combined
with humor and an awesome precision of phrase. '
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Once again Mr. Head demonstrates precisely how to combine
the formal detective story with a wittily literate novel of
character perception."
—Anthony Boucher, The New York Times
"Agreeably eccentric, sophisticated entertainment not at all
to be missed." — The Spectator
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