This is a book full of evocative biographical details : Proust was conceived during the 1870 siege of Paris , and later in life was the part owner of a male brothel ; he bought shares in companies whose names he liked , smoked anti-asthma cigarettes , and , according to Colette , held his mouth '' tight and puckered as if anticipating a kiss . ''
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