* The first title in an occasional series in which some of the world's finest novelists reveal the secrets of the city they know best * Beautifully produced, pocket-sized books will provide exactly what is missing in ordinary travel guides

Edmund White is the author of many books includingA BOY'S OWN STORY and most recently THE MARRIED MAN. He has been made an officer in the French Order of Arts and Letters and last year received a literary prize from the Festival of Deauville. Ten of his books have been translated into French, including his magisterial biography of Jean Genet.