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Starred Review on January 1, 2014 | Fiction
First published in 1921, this novel, banned by church authorities, traces the adult life of young Tito Arnaudi, who, owing to boredom with university studies and other occupations, turns to journalism. When The Fleeting Moment newspaper commissions a story about cocaine, which is heavily used by the fashionable society people in Paris, Tito tries it and becomes addicted. Two wom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More