Taste and Corruption looks, in an entirely new way, at France's joie de vivre. It is indispensable for both travellers and students who wish to understand better her painting, her good and bad novels, her cinema, the chic of her fashions, the subtleties of her food and wine, the sensationalism of her press, the sarcasm and sentimentality of her singers, the passion for good living, the unique flavor of French laughter, but also the doubts and disputes that torment the French behind the facade they present.