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Thanks for writing this lovely article-cum-review and thanks for your kind words. And thank you for putting me on the tracks to Wakefield Press, in the first place! Take care. TB

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Indeed, a longtime favourite of mine, love his work...a pal of Beckett's if I recall...

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Vian was a social animal and knew everyone in Paris in those days. I helped put together Boris Vian's Saint Germain des Prés book, where he writes about his social scene. It's a great book.

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Excellent guided tour of a marvelous being. Thanks.

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Thank you, Donald. He is a major player in French 20th-century aesthetics and is presence in the post-war world of Saint-Germain des Prés world.

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