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    'The Man In The Red Coat' Makes For A Fascinating Companion

    In his latest book, Julian Barnes dives into the glittering life of Samuel Jean Pozzi, a celebrated French gynecologist who palled around with some of the brightest stars of the Belle Epoque.
    by Heller McAlpin Feb 18, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Knopf

    Want a great antidote to distress over current events? Julian Barnes found it in his immersive plunge into the incredible flowering of sexual and artistic expression in Belle Epoque France, and into one man's mostly admirable life in particular. His 24th book (and eighth volume of nonfiction) The Man in the Red Coat, is a wonderful demonstration of the sort of free-range intellectual curiosity Barnes feels has been stymied by the xenophobia and national chauvinism behind Brexit.

    In part a biography of Samuel Jean Pozzi, a celebrated French gynecologist and Don Juan who is

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