Although this book started out really strong, entertaining and informed - it began to drag dramatically towards the end, and made me want to give in a lot of the time. Essentially, there was no sense of progression as the book continued, despite the fact that it detailed an individuals journey. It was just a large selection of anecdotes - naff anecdotes, at that.
The book contains some entertaining anecdotes about characters the author encounters during his time in Paris (the stories about the minor crook and Godard are particularly good). However, the book is essentially a series of anecdotes and it ends abruptly.