A group of men in this novel have a drink with Madame Clothilde, after which the two central characters leave to have wine and oysters.
One character in this novel remembers splitting a bag of cherries with the title character. A group of men in this novel have a drink with Madame Clothilde, after which the two central characters leave to have wine and oysters. Earlier in this novel one character lends another ten thousand francs, which the protagonist offers the title character at a bar. After seeking out prostitutes, the protagonist eventually sleeps with Sue to convince himself of his masculinity and later finds out that the title character had been fired by Guillaume. This novel ends on the morning of the title character's execution, when Hella leaves the protagonist after surmising that he is a homosexual, leaving her fiancé David without either of his lovers. For 10 points, name this novel in which David carries on an affair with the titular Italian man in Paris, a work by James Baldwin.
One character in this novel remembers splitting a bag of cherries with the title character.
{Giovanni’s Room}