Edward Chisholm

SHORT LISTED FOR THE ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY 'This astonishing book describes a cruel, feral existence and is worthy of standing on the shelf next to George Orwell's Down And Out In Paris And London (1933) as another classic about human exploitation.' - Daily Mail 'Chisholm's story is immersive and often thrilling ... He's a fine writer.' - WSJ 'Kitchen...

From the author of the word-of-mouth breakout hit, A Waiter In Paris, comes an intimate and authentically told true story from the Parisian demi-monde of the 1960s, when the high-life and the low-life went hand in hand. It was a time when the French New Wave of cinema was taking the world by storm, a time of glamour, sports cars,...