Foreword 9 A note on the organization of the articles 13
The algerian's flowers 15 Report card: could do better 17 'The word lilas, almost as tall as it is wide' 21 Bataille, feydeau, and god 24 On georges bataille 30 What, they don't use the guillotine any more? 32 Paris rabble 35 Tourists in paris 37 The blue blood of la villette 41 The duke of morny's marshes 47 Country dancing in paris 50 One out of a hundred novels makes it to publication 52 The children of sputnik aren't starry-eyed 57 When there's enough for two, there's not necessarily enough for three 60 The gentlemen from the bus company 63 Racism in paris 66 Move on! 68