My French Whore: A Love Story

It’s the end of World War I and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realises his marriage is one-sided. Impulsively, he joins the army, and ships off to France. Peachy immediately understands how over his head he is – and never more than when he is captured by the Germans. Risking everything, Peachy – who as a child of immigrants speaks German – impersonates one of the enemy’s most famous spies, whom he had briefly guarded. As the impressive and urbane Harry Sroller, Peachy is entertained as a guest with all the pleasures a Colonel can offer: fine wine, sumptuous dinners, a driver and tailor – and Annie, a young, wary and beautiful courtesan. Without dropping his persona as Harry Stroller, Peachy finds the great love of his life in Annie and the time they steal together. Filled with the poignancy of a tender romance that is destined to be short, My French Whore is wistful, lovely, and tightly plotted – a resonant novella from an accomplished writer. —- ISBN: 9780312377991