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Lily Graham on The Last Restaurant in Paris

Lily Graham on The Last Restaurant in Paris

The novelist discusses her latest novel, set in Paris during WW2.
Lily Graham

Lily, congratulations on your new novel, The Last Restaurant in Paris. It’s set in Occupied Paris during WW2. Why did you want to write about it? Thank you so much. I love Paris, it’s architecture, food, history and joie de vivre and I’ve always been fascinated by its...

The Last Restaurant in Paris – Extract

The Last Restaurant in Paris – Extract

Lily Graham

Paris, 1987 Gilbert The old antiquarian bookstore was a sliver amongst the larger pastel-coloured shops on the leafy Parisian street of Rue Cardinet. It was called Librairie d’antiquités de Géroux but was, nonetheless, as much a part of the Batignolles village as the...