Earlier this month, 65 guests crammed into an apartment overlooking the Seine to attend a requiem for flute and strings. Un-Parisianly, the guests all turned up at the time suggested for preceding drinks — 8:30pm — causing a long line to the elevator. The mood was cheerful, for this requiem was not for a person but rather a political concept. The piece of music was to be a tribute to “the dead French right”, the invitation read.
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