{"product_id":"the-typewriter-and-the-guillotine-an-american-journalist-a-german-serial-killer-and-paris-on-the-eve-of-wwii","title":"The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A compelling narrative\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCipher Brief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Endlessly compelling... a long overdue and highly enjoyable biography... Braude has delivered the prescient Flanner to us, nearly five decades after her death, at exactly the right moment.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An absorbing, expertly paced work of narrative nonfiction.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[C]ompelling...[Braude] skillfully recaptures the glittering milieu in which Flanner was constantly partying with Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway or some other luminary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Minnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A remarkable look at the City of Light in the grow­ing shadow of Nazi Ger­many... \n\u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter and the Guillotine\u003c\/i\u003e brings 1930s Paris to life for modern readers.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[A] sharply honed new history \n\u003ci\u003e...\u003c\/i\u003eIn Braude's telling, Flanner is not straightforwardly heroic, but she is always evolving.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Impeccably researched and elegantly written, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter and the Guillotine\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the glamour and grit of interwar Paris through the eyes of legendary \n\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent Janet Flanner. Mark Braude transports readers from the smoky cafes of Saint-Germain to the charged streets of Versailles, where Flanner witnessed France's last public execution. Both intimate and sweeping, this remarkable narrative captures Paris at its most dazzling and dangerous, and Flanner in a moment of creative alchemy--turning history's darkness into enduring art.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula McLain, bestselling author of The Paris Wife and Skylark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Braude \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three books of nonfiction, most recently \u003ci\u003eKiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2022 and a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, a Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris, and an NEH Public Scholar. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. His books have been translated into seven languages. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their two daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Thrilling, strange, and altogether wonderful, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter and the Guillotine \u003c\/i\u003eproves that nonfiction is as dramatic, unpredictable, and compelling as any fiction. Braude's book celebrates the great journalist Janet Flanner; evokes the darkness of the wartime world; and exposes the fascinating story of a German con man and serial killer. It's irresistible.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Orlean, bestselling author of The Library Book and Joyride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In his urgent, intense new biography, Mark Braude has brought new illumination to Janet Flanner, a singular writer, whose documentation of WWII Europe - and the drumbeat of the escalating totalitarian movements that set the war in action - is acutely relevant. An engrossing, vivid, and whipsmart exploration by a historian who deeply cares for and understands his heroine.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesley M.M. 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A remarkable book, highly inventive and wildly original.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLili Anolik, bestselling author of Didion \u0026amp; Babitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Part biography, part true crime narrative, this book presents something rare: a novel story about interwar Paris. Rarely does one not want to turn the page...a significant work of nonfiction.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Successful on many levels... \n\u003ci\u003eThe Typewriter and the Guillotine\u003c\/i\u003e does an excellent job of using compelling individual stories to explain seminal historical events.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Page, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The undeniable magic of Paris, the dangers lurking in a changing world, the thrill of breaking boundaries and chasing dreams...this riveting read captures a moment in time that changed the course of history, and fiction and nonfiction readers alike will relish the front-row seat.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmazon Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"If you're fascinated by World War II history, don't miss this tale of Janet Flanner.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookBub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF KIRKUS'S 20 BEST BOOKS OF JANUARY \u003cbr\u003e ONE OF BOOK PAGE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE MONTH \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e The \"endlessly compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eNYT \u003c\/i\u003eBook Review) untold story of a trailblazing Paris correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, who sounded the alarm about the rise of fascism in Europe while becoming enmeshed in the sensational case of a German serial killer stalking the streets of the French capital on the eve of WWII.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1925, the Indianapolis-born Janet Flanner took an assignment to write a regular 'Letter from Paris' for a lighthearted humor magazine called \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She'd come to Paris to with dreams of writing about \"Beauty with a Capital B.\" Her employer, self-consciously apolitical, sought only breezy reports on French art and culture. But as she woke to the frightening signs of rising extremism, economic turmoil, and widespread discontent in Europe, Flanner ignored her editor's directives, reinventing herself, her assignment, and \n\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in the process. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While working tirelessly to alert American readers to the dangers of the Third Reich, Flanner became gripped by the disturbing crimes of a man who embodied all of the darkness she was being forced to confront. Eugen Weidmann, a German con-man and murderer, and the last man to be publicly executed in France--mere weeks before the outbreak of WWII. 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