SPIEGEL ONLINE
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A Tour of France: Examining the New Sick Man of Europe
"... At 1 a.m., a conspicuously elegant man is rifling through newly published non-fiction at Publicis Drugstore, the 24-hour mecca of luxury retail. “What a great country, where you can write about what a complete idiot the president is,” the man says, holding up the book he is referring to.