Eric Hansen on NPR Weekend Edition

The Bird Man and the Lap Dancer continues to get press. Eric Hansen was featured today on NPR's weekend edition. You can listen to the interview, or read "Arlette and Madame Perruche," an excerpt from the book, on their site. Here's the lead...

"It was a warm summer evening when I met Arlette. She was an old woman by then, but in good health. She still wore red lipstick and obviously took pleasure in dressing in a simple but elegant way. Valerie Tatiana von Braunschweig, a former dancer with the Bejart Ballet, and I were driving from Monaco to Juan-les-Pines to spend the summer of 1989. As a way to extend our meandering journey and for me to meet Arlette we decided to take her to dinner at L'Estaminet des Remparts, a small, unpretentious restaurant in Mougins, which is a quaint hilltop village in the south of France. As we settled at our table on the outdoor terrace, Arlette apologized that her companion was too ill to join us. The waiter cleared away the fourth place setting and returned with a bottle of chilled rose. He poured the glasses and set the bottle on the table as Arlette began the story of how she met Madame Perruche."

This post reminds me of two things. First, the night I went to see him read in La Jolla. Second, that my stack of purchased unread books is getting taller. Thanks for calling it in, Joe.