Shortlisted for the PEN HessellTiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 19323. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the BecdeGaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are JeanPaul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking...Its not often that you miss your bus stop because youre so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesnt win awards, I will eat my copy Independent on SundayBakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophy... Tender, incisive and fair Daily TelegraphQuirky, funny, clear and passionate... Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand Mail on Sunday

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