Table of Contents: Cavorting with Strangers - (Great Ideas and Their Champions: Paris)
- A Letter About Strangers
- Book I: New York
- Chapter I: Texas
- Chapter II: New York
- Chapter III: At the Cafeteria
- Chapter IV: Voyages Classiques
- Book II: Rousseau
- Chapter I: The Train to Paris
- Chapter II: Rousseau and Terrorism
- Chapter III: 2,000 Calories
- Chapter IV: The Role of Genius
- Chapter V: The Colonel
- Chapter VI: Vincennes
- Book III: Napoleon In Love
- Chapter I: Friendship is only a word.
- Chapter II: This Fellow de Monteaux
- Chapter III: An Argument over Soup
- Chapter IV: Malmaison
- Chapter V: Napoleon: Party Animal
- Chapter VI: The Joys of a Teenage Wife
- Book VI: Victor Hugo on the wild sideu
- Chapter I: Road Rage at the Arc de Triomphe
- Chapter II: The Good ol'Days
- Chapter III: Arlene
- Chapter IV: Arc de Triomphe
- Chapter V: Les Misérables
- Chapter VI: One for the Road
- Book V: Claude Monet: Impressionist
- Chapter I: Pissarro's Plan
- Chapter II: Evening Class at the Sorbonne
- Chapter III: Paris Babylon
- Chapter IV: A Job for Guy
- Chapter V: The Franco-American War
- Chapter VI: The Ugly American
- Chapter VII: Back at d'Orsay
- Chapter VIII: A Little Study in the Philosophy of Art
- Chapter IX: Giverny
- Book VI: Maurice Ravel
- Chapter I: At the Crazy Horse
- Chapter II: Pierre
- Chapter III: On Chrysalis
- Chapter IV: The Night Caller
- Chapter V: The Arrivals
- Chapter VI: Le Belvédère
- Chapter VII: Terence
- Book VII: Coco Chanel
- Chapter I: La Belle Dame Sans...
- Chapter II: A Glass of Water between Associates
- Chapter III: A Job for Charly
- Chapter IV: "My friends, there are no friends."
- Chapter V: A Mug for Charly
- Chapter VI: Sirmione
- Chapter VII: Caffé Grande Italia
- Chapter VIII: Modellhut
- Chapter IX: Sweet Dreams
- Book VIII: Charles de Gaulle arrogant autocrat
- Chapter I: The Last Great Frenchman
- Chapter II: The Airport
- Chapter III: Brother Merton's Return
- Chapter IV: The Ghost from Algiers
- Chapter V: The Jackal
- Chapter VI: "The Cat"
- Chapter VII: A Specific Deceit
- Chapter VIII: A Couple of Drinks with Skinheads
- Chapter IX: The American Hospital
- Book IX: Jean-Paul Sartre
- Chapter I: Jean-Paul's Story
- Chapter II: Fausto Meets the Amish
- Chapter III: Beannie Doyle
- Chapter IV: A Steamy Night in Paris
- Chapter V: The Corfu Clinic
- Chapter VI: The Diary
- Chapter VII: Good Ol' Dad
- Book X: Cousteau
- Chapter I: San Sebastian
- Chapter II: Jean-Michel and Me
- Chapter III: Loneliness
- Chapter IV: Old Hat: The Sixth Major Extinction Event
- Chapter V: Humans
- Chapter VI: A Ticket to Paris
- Chapter VII: Charlene
- Chapter VIII: Off to the Riviera
- Chapter IX: Kufstein
- Chapter X: The Manuscript