Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 1 (6)
La Louisiane 7 (18)
City of Light 25 (22)
A Professional Beauty 47 (14)
The Pupil 61 (14)
A Smashing Start 75 (24)
Brilliant Creatures 99 (12)
Heat and Light 111(12)
His Masterpiece 123(14)
The Flying Dutchman 137(10)
Finishing Touches 147(8)
Dancing on a Volcano 155(22)
Le Scandale 177(10)
Calculated Moves 187(16)
A Woman of a Certain Age 203(16)
A Man of Prodigious Talent 219(18)
Twilight of the Gods 237(20)
AFTERWORD 257(6)
NOTES 263(20)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 283(12)
INDEX 295(12)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 307