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Madison Johns interviews Eleanor Mason, a character from Armed and Outrageous

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Armed and Outrageous features Agnes Barton as lead amateur sleuth, but it’s her partner in crime Eleanor Mason who steals the show. 1. Thanks Eleanor for letting me interview you today. You’re welcome Madison . 2. Can you state your age for the record? Well that’s one heck of a question to ask me. I happen to be a very young eighty-two. 3. What’s it like working alongside Agnes Barton solving crimes? It’s kinda like getting a tooth pulled, painful at times, but you know you have to do it or everything will fall apart. 4. So would you call yourself the glue that holds everything in place? Of course, Agnes needs all the help she can get and at least with me tagging along she has protection. 5. Is it true you pack a pistol in your purse? We-Well I don’t know if I should say. I don’t want to spend the weekend in the pokey. 6. Don’t you have a concealed weapons permit? Is that a trick question? 7. Next question. What makes Eleanor tick?

Interview with Irene Laureux from Remain in Light

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 Irène Laureux is a native Parisian and has lived in a lovely apartment at rue Rampon in the 11 th arrondissement for more than 50 years. She’s still a beautiful woman at age 69, an almost movie star quality about her with luxurious blonde hair, downturned mouth and inquisitive dark eyes. You could imagine her in one of Truffaut, Malle or Godard’s New Wave films. Madame Laureux works from home as a book editor for one of France’s most prestigious publishing houses. Her husband died in 1968 and Madame Laureux suffered from agoraphobia for many years, living as a virtual prisoner in her apartment.  By chance, she met a young American writer named Martin Paige, who was staying at the hotel opposite her building, and through a series of extraordinary circumstances, she was able to overcome her fear of the outdoors. Madam Laureux kindly agreed to sit down and talk about her remarkable life over a glass of red wine and pack of Gauloises. CK:   Tell me about your life