Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. PROLOGUE. A Real Madeleine Is a Work of Art 1
4. CHAPTER ONE. Salammbô: Three Rough Stones beneath a Rainy Sky 13
5. CHAPTER TWO. The Sacred Fount: The Case of the Man Who Suddenly Grew Smart 47
6. CHAPTER THREE. The Ambassadors: What He Saw Was Exactly the Right Thing 71
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Lolita: A Beautiful, Banal, Eden-Red Apple 103
8. CHAPTER FIVE. A Simple Heart: Félicité and the Holy Parrot 133
9. Acknowledgments 145
10. Notes 147
11. Index 167