Candid, honest, blunt--these writers live in Paris, which is to say they have firm opinions about everything to do with the city, and they make no bones about sharing these opinions with you, the reader. It's a pleasure to get the lowdown without that nice-nice promotional flavor. If the walls are thin and the toilets drip, you'll know so in advance. Likewise you can discover with a modicum of browsing where to go for a fabulous hot chocolate, a cheap vegetarian meal, and duck in fig sauce. There are special instructions for dining for decor, dining for food, and dining in various arrondissements, and the same attention to truth prevails for diversions and nightlife, introducing everything from showgirls in feathers to boys in tights. The guide defrocks the overrated, lauds the hidden gem, and includes comprehensive indices. --Stephanie Gold
Book Description
For readers who are tired of the promotional fluff and brochure-speak that characterizes most travel guides, here's a fresh voice. The Irreverent Guides offer an insider's look at each destination, and take a fun, honest look at everything they review. It's not every day you open up a guidebook to find categories like: c For tourists who want clogs, windmills, and tulips c For enemies of clogs, windmills, and tulips c Sex, drugs, and torture museums c Bars where you can hear yourself think c Where the supermodels eat and where they don't c Eurotrashiest hotels c Hotels for people who hate conventioneers c Luscious love nests and lavender lodgings c Restaurants that don't live up to the hype c Swingin' supper clubs with attitude The Irreverents give you the lowdown, the inside story. They have nothing to sell but the truth, which includes a balance of good and bad. They praise, they trash, they weigh, and leave the final decision up to the reader. Our writers take a special pleasure in leading you where other guides fear to tread. Now with new covers, indexes, and more irreverence than ever! Heres the lowdown on everyones favorite cityfrom beating the crowds at the Louvre to finding the real Latin Quarter and affordable haute couture. All this, plus cafes for women who want to be left alone, where to stay if youre allergic to gilt and cherubs, and naturellementcoping with rude French waiters.
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