"A stinging novel of a man seeking escape in a world of cellar clubs and hot music... and the abandon of a passionate affair..." Eddie Cooke - a man seeking escape...escape from the gnawing bitterness in his heart...escape from a burning resentment of the past. Against the background of the French jazz world - the smoky cellar clubs, the smouldering music, the easy love - Harold Flender has written a biting novel of Americans in Paris.