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A dangerous liaison

by Carole Seymour-Jones

"From their first meeting in the summer of 1929, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir shared an intense, passionate, and sometimes painful love-affair that was to last fifty-one tempestuous years. As the creators of existentialism, Sartre and Beauvoir became an inspiration for their generation, the model couple of the counter-culture." "But behind the legend lies a dark story of collusion and betrayal, sexual, social and political. A story which reveals the dangerous side to their philosophy of free love, for the search for authenticity was, in their private lives, a sham. To keep Sartre's love, Beauvoir sacrificed the girls she seduced. Sartre clandestinely compromised with the Nazis and fell into a Soviet honey-trap, his passion for a KGB spy leading him to support a cruel and oppressive Communist regime." "A Dangerous Liaison reveals the full implications of Sartre and Beauvoir's sacrifices and betrayals, using unpublished sources - including recently discovered reports from the Russian archives - to cast new light on the legend that this notorious, brilliant couple created."--Jacket.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?