Word: fleuri
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Across from the police station was Le Panier Fleuri (The Flower Basket), "the neighborhood bordel run by Madame Mariette." The other corner was occupied by a laundry "which employed three hardworking girls and also served as a clandestin. That is to say, men who found it banal to patronize the orthodox establishment could, if they were known...
Author Paul also has lively and knowing accounts of the local Reds (Pierre Vautier became a devout Communist), and of Le Panier Fleuri, its personnel and practices. Interspersed are bright observations on French art, cooking, music, writers, women and politics...