Mark Braude's nonfiction book intertwines the compelling story of American writer Janet Flanner with the less-compelling story of German con man Eugen Weidmann.
One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think. “The Typewriter” part of Mark Braude’s account of midcentury Paris is the better part (and it ...
As the New Yorker’s correspondent in Paris, Janet Flanner initially focused on society gossip. The specter of war was in the air.
One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think. “The Typewriter” part of Mark Braude’s account of midcentury Paris is the better part (and it ...
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