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My French Whore is a 2007 comedic spy romance novel written by the American actor, director, screenwriter and author, Gene Wilder. Plot summary. Set towards the end of World War I, in 1918, it tells the story of a shy young railway employee and amateur actor from Milwaukee named Paul Peachy.
The beloved actor and screenwriter Gene Wilder's first novel, My French Whore, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. It's almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided.
Recounts the tale of a midwestern World War I soldier whose capture by German forces prompts him to impersonate a famous German spy and pursue a romantic relationship with a beautiful courtesan. Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
My French whore. by. Wilder, Gene, 1935-. Publication date. 2007. Topics. World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Fiction, Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction, Americans -- France -- Fiction, Impersonation -- Fiction, Prostitutes -- Fiction. Publisher.
The beloved actor and screenwriter's first novel, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. It's almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided. He enlists, and ships off to France. Peachy instantly realizes how out of his depth he is--and never more so than when he ...
The beloved actor and screenwriter’s first novel, set during World War I, delicately and elegantly explores a most unusual romance. It’s almost the end of the war and Paul Peachy, a young railway employee and amateur actor in Milwaukee, realizes his marriage is one-sided. He enlists, and ships off to France.
Gene Wilder has been acting since he was thirteen and writing for the screen since the early 1970's. His first book, about his own life, was KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER. MY FRENCH WHORE is his first...
