Statues of Liberty: Real Stories from France

 Ranging from the trials and tribulations of a retired American renting an apartment from a dishonest landlady to visits to trade shows and food fairs to walks in the picturesque French countryside and tracking the street artist Space Invader's mosaics, the author's observations are always perceptive and insightful. 
 
Inspired by Janet Flanner's "Letters from Paris" published in the New Yorker under the pen name Genêt, the author--who is fluent in French--reveals insights into France and the French that escape more casual observers. 
 
While not intended to be a guidebook, Statues of Liberty: Real Stories from France will interest anyone who lives in France or is planning a trip to the world's most popular tourist destination.

Table of Contents: 
1. Statues of Liberty 
2. Apartment Hunting  
3. RIF 
4. La Traversée de Paris 
5. IXXZ-X3 
6. Evicted! 
7. Le Pays de Thelle 
8. Marcial Huggins 
9. A Weekend in Normandy 
10. Un Vrai Capitaliste 
11. Péripatéticiennes and Romanichelles  
12. A Day in Monaco 
13. The Mystery of Roger Fleming 
14. Touched by an Angel 
15. “Are You Malcolm Miller?" 
16. Le Président du Monde 
17. Le Perchay, Gouzangrez, Commeny, Santeuil  
18. Isaiah 46:4 
19. A Gypsy Camp in the Heart of Paris  
20. My Adventure at Uniqlo 
21. Réveillon 
22. The Third Sock 
23. French Ale 
24. Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Marie Périer 
25. Along the Loing 
26. A New Look at Brewster McCloud 
27. Space Invader Invades the Rue d’Armaillé  
28. Nivernais, Munster, U Casaccone, Neufchâtel  
29. Hugo 
30. A Gesture of Franco-American Amity 
31. “Aimez-vous la Mer?” 
32. 873 QGN 75 
33. The Great Mayotte Boondoggle 
34. Three Films about Fighting and Family 
35. An Unsolved Mystery 
36. Labios de Fuego 
37. Life and Death of Juan Carlos Alsogaray 

38. Where are you going?