We are thrilled to announce that Edward Chisholm, author of A Waiter in Paris, will be joining us on 1st October to discuss his new book Murder in Paris ’68.

This book tells the shocking true story from the Parisian demi-monde of the 1960s, when the high-life and the low-life went hand in hand. It was a time when the French New Wave of cinema was taking the world by storm, a time of glamour, sports cars, casinos and night clubs – and at the heart of it all, the man of the moment, the enigmatic film star Alain Delon, dubbed ‘the most beautiful man in the world’.

With a shady past and a taste for bad company and high-living, Delon lived on the edge. But when a dead body turns up in the outskirts of Paris that turns out to be Stevan Marković, Delon’s friend, ‘bodyguard’ and associate, questions start to be asked. That Delon shot to stardom playing Tom Ripley with all those stylish and murderous associations does not go unnoticed. Is art imitating life or is life imitating art? What is Delon involved in? And who was Stevan Marković?

In an exceptionally skilful work of narrative non-fiction, Edward Chisholm uses his own in-depth research to weave the reader into an intimate patchwork of events as they unfold, submerging us in 1960s Paris. And as we meet the characters – actresses, directors, petty criminals, state prosecutors, high-level gangsters, star-struck policemen, compromised politicians – we witness what became to be known as The Marković Affair from the inside, as it spirals out of control and not only pulls down Alain Delon but everyone in his orbit.

Edward Chisholm is the author of A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City – an electrifying memoir of his time in Paris which has gone on became a cult hit and has sold over 100,000 copies. He has written for The New York Times, the Guardian and the Financial Times magazine.

Ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink.