Bordello (Mini S.)

In a style reminiscent of the 20s, but reconstructed from a contemporary viewpoint, the images in Bordello leave a thin, timeless veil between reality and fantasy. Shooting with style and sophistication, Vee Speers fulfills every man’s (and woman’s) whorehouse fantasies, evoking a lost era once captured by Bellocq and Brassaï. •Paul Ryan’s fascinating history of the French brothel is full of intriguing facts and painstakingly researched.The shocking story of how Parisian brothels still operated - and thrived - under Nazi occupation.Rarely does such a small book pack such a powerful punch of real history, nostalgic sex and dissolute glamour.