Shakespeare and Company, Paris. Hotel Tumbleweed

I've read several times over the years about the Shakespeare and Co. bookshop in Paris.  I've been listening to Pick of the Week on Radio 4 - including a piece about the "Tumbleweeds", writers who stay at the bookshop.

A couple of pieces about the "Tumbleweeds".

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/shakespeare-amp-company-the-bookshop-that-thinks-its-a-hotel-2111969.html


http://malborkmalbork.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/tumbleweed-hotel-shakespeare-and-company.html

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