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Xavier-Marcel Boulestin (1878-1943), was born in Poitiers, France and came to Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century to work as a ""secretary"" for Henry Gauthier-Villars, the notorious literary impresario. Boulestin became a close friend and ally of Gauthier-Villars' first wife, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, and acted with her in private clubs and small theaters. Boulestin moved to London in 1906 but maintained a close friendship with Colette. His racy letters to her about London's gay scene--the Horse Guards, esthetes and hangers-on-- are echoed in this novel. Boulestin cycled through a few careers in London, as a freelance journalist, interior designer and finally restaurateur. He was one of England's first ""television chefs"" and his stylish restaurant, Boulestin's, was a favorite of Virginia Woolf and fellow artists and writers in Bloomsbury Nancy Erber grew up in Jamaica, Queens where her father lovingly tended a small vegetable and flower garden in their mostly paved backyard. As a college and graduate student, she studied abroad in France and Germany, earned a PHD in Romance Languages from Cornell University and completed a second MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) at Hunter College, CUNY. She taught in adult education programs as a volunteer and became a professor at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, teaching linguistics, French, and ESL. She also served as the chapter chair of the faculty-staff union at LaGuardia and as chair of the Language and Education department. Now retired, she works on freelance writing, editing, proofreading and translation projects.
""Maurice in London is perfect for readers who love social satire, historical queer literature, or novels that thrive on wit and character dynamics. Fans of Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, or even The Great Gatsby will find much to love here. It's a novel filled with lavish settings, scandalous characters, and dialogue that still sparkles over a century later."" - The Literary Titan
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