Just as funny and warm and tender as I remembered. It has recently been brought to my attention that I am into the “hot mess/seemingly competent yet deeply insecure” trope and boy does this fit the bill there.

Some amusing quotes:
Luc: Do you really think I’m beautiful?
Olivier: You are beautiful Luc, I’ve always thought so. Like an early self portrait of Robert Mapplethrope. Um, not the one with the bull whip in his anus, obviously.

“….[this] was a hope so vain that Carly Simon could’ve written a famously enigmatic song about it.”

I’ve really been feeling like rereading this the past couple of weeks and I am glad the library came through pretty promptly.