<DIV><P> &ldquo;The only one of my contemporaries who I felt had more talent than myself was James Jones. And he has also been the one writer of any time for whom I felt any love.&rdquo;&mdash;Norman Mailer</P><P>Paris. May, 1968. This is the Paris of the barricaded boulevards of rebelling students&rsquo; strongholds, of the literati, the sexual anarchists, the leftists&mdash;written chillingly of a time in French history closely paralleling America in the late &rsquo;60s. The reader sees, feels, smells and fears all the turmoil of the frightening social quicksand of 1968.</P><P>James Jones (1921&ndash;1977) established himself as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century with his WWII trilogy, <I>From Here to Eternity </I>(National Book Award winner), <I>The Thin Red Line </I>and <I>Whistle</I>.</P></DIV>