You're always broke, but it's ok because you can always sell poetry to strangers and dumb tourists, and love cannot be taken away. Dirty and long-haired existentialists are disapproved for their loitering. Soft furred cats everywhere, pet guinea pigs being carried around the town. Smoky cafés, fishing by the Seine with a bottle of wine.

The author (daughter of Mika Waltari) herself studied in Paris, and utilised those experiences in writing her first novel. There are charming moments of the heart of bustling Paris, its peculiar population, and people who are able to enjoy life's little things. To have a picnic with only one can of sardines if they feel like it, or hitchhike to the countryside on a hot summer day. The joy of being alive, and for that this is the perfect summer book.