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Romantic,
Adventurous,
Unconvincing

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My French Whore
by Gene Wilder

Published: 2008-02-05
Paperback : 192 pages
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World War I has almost come to an end, but for a young Minneapolis railway employee and amateur actor named Paul Peachy, whose marriage has become one-sided, it’s time to enlist.  Shipped off to France, Peachy realizes how out of his depth he is—and never more so than when he is ...

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World War I has almost come to an end, but for a young Minneapolis railway employee and amateur actor named Paul Peachy, whose marriage has become one-sided, it’s time to enlist.  Shipped off to France, Peachy realizes how out of his depth he is—and never more so than when he is captured.  Risking everything, Peachy—who as a child of immigrants speaks German—makes the reckless decision to impersonate one of the enemy’s most famous spies.

As the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy enters a world he never even knew existed—a world of sumptuous living, world-weary men and available women. But when one of those women—Annie Breton, a young, wary and beautiful courtesan—turns out to be more than she seems, both Peachy’s and Annie’s lives are transformed forever.

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by pjhwithrow (see profile) 02/28/14
If paired with another book also set in WWI, it could make for a good book club discussion.

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  "An Excellent Short Story"by Pamela W. (see profile) 02/28/14

As a novel, it falls a short on description and emotional buy-in, but it is an enjoyable short story. Also there isn't much for a book club to discuss in the way of themes, moral dilemmas, etc.

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