The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
Product Description Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris's legendary artists and writers of the past. Along the way, he tells the history of Paris through a brilliant cast of characters: the favorite cafes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce; Pablo Picasso's underground Montmartre haunts; the bustling boulevards of the late-nineteenth-century flâneurs; the secluded "Little Luxembourg" gardens beloved by Gertrude Stein; the alleys where revolutionaries plotted; and finally Baxter's own favorite walk near his home in Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Paris, by custom and design, is a pedestrian's city-each block a revelation, every neighborhood a new feast for the senses, a place rich with history and romance at every turn. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is your guide, par excellence, to the true, off-the-beaten-path heart of the City of Lights. Review “A splendid memoir . . . Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation.” ---Boston Globe About the Author John Baxter has lived in Paris for more than twenty years. He is the author of four acclaimed memoirs about his life in France: The Perfect Meal, The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, Immoveable Feast, and We'll Always Have Paris.Graham Halstead is a Brooklyn-based actor and voice artist. His work in the theater includes performances in New York, regionally in Washington DC, and internationally in Edinburgh and London.