RJ Deeds’s Reviews > Bel-Ami > Status Update

Wow! This was a surprise in terms of now louche Parisians were in the 19th century. Bel-Ami. George Duroy is a philanderer and his happy ingratiate himself into high society, taking jobs as a journalist and working his way up - stepping over the dead bodies in his way. He's ruthless and charming. The theme is not unlike The Ginger Man (a horrible book about another philanderer which I hated), told in style this time.