{"product_id":"the-most-beautiful-walk-in-the-world-a-pedestrian-in-paris-9780061998546","title":"The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Splendid... Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Walk in the World\u003c\/em\u003e is the next best thing to a Paris vacation.\" -\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for them.\" -\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this enchanting national bestseller, acclaimed author and long-time expat Paris resident John Baxter draws on his experience guiding \"literary walking tours\" through the city to proved a delightful walker's guide to France's capital. 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 cafés of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce; Pablo Picasso's underground Montmartre haunts; the bustling boulevards of the late-nineteenth-century \u003cem\u003eflâneurs\u003c\/em\u003e; 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-Prés.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaxter, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJohn Baxter has lived in Paris for more than twenty years. He is the author of four acclaimed memoirs about his life in France: \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eImmoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWe'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light\u003c\/em\u003e. Baxter, who gives literary walking tours through Paris, is also a film critic and biographer whose subjects have included the directors Fellini, Kubrick, Woody Allen, and most recently, Josef von Sternberg. Born in Australia, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, in the same building Sylvia Beach called home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649743294738,"sku":"9780061998546","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce7daa17-e1c0-4999-acc1-d36a9541e382.jpg?v=1737253403","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-most-beautiful-walk-in-the-world-a-pedestrian-in-paris-9780061998546","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}