CHAPTER 1. SCRAP HEAP OF THE GODS: MONTPARNASSE AND LES MONTPARNOS
CHAPTER 2. WILD IN THE STREETS: LES APACHES
CHAPTER 3. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING: DIAGHILEV AND THE BALLETS RUSSES
CHAPTER 4. “WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?”: FANTÔMAS, THE VAMPIRES, AND JUDEX
CHAPTER 5. A WELL-DRSSED WAR: PARIS IN WORLD WAR I
CHAPTER 6. THE FIRST LADY OF BOHEMIA: SYLVIA BEACH AND SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY
CHAPTER 7. PERFUME WARS: BOTTLING THE BLUE HOUR
CHAPTER 8. WHERE THE 20TH CENTURY WAS: GERTRUDE STEIN AND HER SALON
—DUELLING PAINTERS: MATISSE VS. PICASSO
CHAPTER 9. THE KINDEST CUT: THE BOB FAD AND THE GARÇONNE SCANDAL
CHAPTER 10. A KILLER NAMED DESIRE: THE BUSINESSLIKE M. LANDRU
CHAPTER 11. MONKEY BUSINESS: SERGE VORONOFF AND THE QUEST FOR YOUTH
CHAPTER 12. FARAWAY PLACES: THE BIRTH OF TOURISM
CHAPTER 13. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER, MEANER: THE 1924 OLYMPIC GAMES
CHAPTER 14. “LITTLE GIRL, CAN YOU DO THE CHARLESTON?”: LE JAZZ HOT
CHAPTER 15. ARTIFICIAL PARADISES: ABSINTHE, OPIUM, AND THE CULTURE OF FORGETTING
CHAPTER 16. IN THE WHITE CITY: THE BIRTH OF ART DÉCO
CHAPTER 17. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE EIFFEL TOWER: THE VICTOR LUSTIG AND STAVISKY SCANDALS
CHAPTER 18. AS THOUGH IT KNEW: THE UNKNOWN WOMAN OF THE SEINE
CHAPTER 19. OF THEE I SING: AMERICAN SONGWRITERS IN PARIS
CHAPTER 20. BLACK AS THE DEVIL, HOT AS HELL, PURE AS AN ANGEL, SWEET AS LOVE: COFFEE AND THE CAFÉ
CHAPTER 21. LITTLE GENTLEMEN: GAY AND LESBIAN PARIS
CHAPTER 22. THE RAZOR AND THE EYE: LUIS BUÑUEL, SALVADOR DALÍ, AND SURREALISM
CHAPTER 23. THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF MONTPARNASSE: HEMINGWAY’S KNOCKOUT
CHAPTER 24. A HALF-CRAZED CAD: THE WILD RIDE OF HARRY AND CARESSE CROSBY
CHAPTER 25. LOVE FOR SALE: MAISONS CLOSES AND POULES DE LUXE
CHAPTER 26. WASP AND PEAR: THE FITZGERALDS AND THE MURPHYS
THE GOLDEN MOMENTS OF PARIS: WALKING TOURS