Murder in Belleville
“Time to check those blue plastic trash bags for clues in Sylvie’s courtyard. Garbage was collected every day in Paris, but had the eboueurs hit Belleville yet? She called her cousin Sebastien. He was good at dirty jobs. But she’d have to sweeten the pot. Entice him. Invite him to dinner. And she was hungry.
“How about L’Estaminet or Cafe de Charbon?” Sebastien suggested. “Let’s try a hot rue Oberkampf restaurant.”
Aimee was wary of the studied chic of these restaurants, old shops gutted..., then refurbished to look old again in a nineties way, crowded with those wanting to see and be seen.
“Favela Chic is better,” she answered, comfortable with the childlike elegance of Brazilian saints and icons studding the walls, not to mention the steaming manioc, beans, and crusty fried Bahiana shrimp cakes.
In her room she opened her armoire, found the green street-cleaner jumpsuits she was looking for, and stuffed them in her bag.MoreLess
“How about L’Estaminet or Cafe de Charbon?” Sebastien suggested. “Let’s try a hot rue Oberkampf restaurant.”
Aimee was wary of the studied chic of these restaurants, old shops gutted..., then refurbished to look old again in a nineties way, crowded with those wanting to see and be seen.
“Favela Chic is better,” she answered, comfortable with the childlike elegance of Brazilian saints and icons studding the walls, not to mention the steaming manioc, beans, and crusty fried Bahiana shrimp cakes.
In her room she opened her armoire, found the green street-cleaner jumpsuits she was looking for, and stuffed them in her bag.MoreLess
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