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Adam Gopnik - This person is the book's author and focus.

Martha Parker - This person is married to the book's author and is the mother of two.

Luke Gopnik - This person is an infant when he moves to Paris and is five years old when he returns to New York City.

Olivia Gopnik - This person is the daughter of the book's author.

Maurice Papon - This person was once the secretary-general of the Gironde, and the defendant in a long, highly publicized trial, who is ultimately sentenced to ten years in prison.

The Rookie - This was an imaginary little boy concocted as a bedtime story.

Lorenzo Valentin - This was a young, very handsome French publisher who loved the Balzar restaurant in Paris.

Alain Juppé - This person was Prime Minister of France in 1995, and was embroiled in charges that he had...

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