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Paris Dreambook: An Unconventional Guide to the Splendor and Squalor of the City

by Lawrence Osborne

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Osborne stops in to a voodoo temple on the Boulevard de Clichy, the steam-wreathed inner sanctum of a Turkish bath and an apartment belonging to an ancient veteran of an S&M brothel that once served the blond conquerors of the German occupation.

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DDC/MDS: 914.4 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe France and Monaco
LCC: DC708 .O83 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Local history and description Paris

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Published: 1990
Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 914.4
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