The mere mention of Paris cemeteries makes me think of David Downie, who used to have an office overlooking Père Lachaise in the City of Light … and dark. David knows EVERYTHING about Paris and I love the way he conjures it in Paris, City of Night, which is about code (as in Enigma) and photography and stolen art and murder. Oh, yes … quite a murky brew. I love the pursuit that takes us all around Paris, but perhaps I am raving about it because I love David, who loves Paris and literature and writes a fascinating blog about France. David, I want you to write about the rats and the catacombs and the cemeteries. Pleeeeeze. And I will write about the Paris zombies … they are stylishly disheveled.
—Erin Orison, DEAD LOVE/the Daily Slice