The Little Paris Bookshop 9781472373663 Travelling down the Rhine

Travelling down the Rhine

The keen minds of the Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick

now all alone and in exile

but the past can be worse

The Little Paris Bookshop 9781472373663 Travelling down the RhineOn a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He has nursed a broken heart ever since the night, twenty one years ago, when the love of his life fled Paris, leaving behind a handwritten letter that he has never dared