Having haunted this Shakespeare & Co. for many years..generally after a pilgrimage to the Sylvia Beach original site, I was delighted to get Jeremy's insider view. Call it self-centered memoir if you wish but how else can one tell of his or her personal adventures with George? It baffles me when people read a personal report of someone's time in France,and are irritated that it is not a travel guide or a researched text. I've read this kind of comment many times on Goodreads. Those are a different kind of book, folks. Be more selective when you say you will "read anything about France."