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\noeuvre<\/I> of Belle de Jour, the
\nfavorite London call girl<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>, which reads increasingly like a serialized
\nProustian<\/I> novel. (Scroll to the bottom entry –jeudi, janvier 29 — and read up. Also, we
\ndon’t really think of the diary as Proustian or an oeuvre. We just like French words.) If that’s too
\nsexy for you, perhaps you’ll be diverted by the ballistic thrust of
\nTry