The Horror of Love: Nancy Mitford and Gaston Palewski in Paris and London by …
Admin | December 16, 2011
In real life Gaston was an unlikely seducer, with acne-pitted skin and a method of pursuit more relentless than refined. Still, it was mysteriously effective. And he was, apparently, very good in bed. Born in Paris to Polish-Jewish parents, he became a fashionable boulevardier and friend of Proust. He took a job with the politician [...]