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...feels like a well-crafted adventure novel; at times I would forget that I was reading a non-fiction biography. The author's descriptions of places, situations, and people are almost poetic.--Loren Stephens, book reviewer (08/11/2017) Cliff Simon, a South African native, got the chance of a lifetime when his friend Gavin informed him that there was a position as a dancer available at the famed Moulin Rouge in Paris. He didn't hesitate to get the next plane to Paris where he would spend the next year in the cabaret troupe: first as a swing dancer, then as chorus boy, and ultimately as a principle performer. This book explores his year in Paris, which was full of fun, friends, adventure, and the hard work of regularly performing two shows a night. If the aim of a good memoir is to let the reader into someone's life and give them a taste of some interesting and unique experiences, then this book definitely measures up.--Manhattan Book Review (11/29/2016) A colorful and illuminating memoir of a cabaret performer.--Kirkus Reviews (11/29/2016)

Cliff Simon, a South African native, got the chance of a lifetime when his friend Gavin informed him that there was a position as a dancer available at the famed Moulin Rouge in Paris. He didn't hesitate to get the next plane to Paris where he would spend the next year in the cabaret troupe: first as a swing dancer, then as chorus boy, and ultimately as a principle performer. This book explores his year in Paris, which was full of fun, friends, adventure, and the hard work of regularly performing two shows a night. If the aim of a good memoir is to let the reader into someone's life and give them a taste of some interesting and unique experiences, then this book definitely measures up.</p>--Manhattan Book Review (11/29/2016)

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Cliff Simon is best known as the evil Baal in Stargate and Stargate Continuum, he has had guest appearances in the NCIS franchise, Twenty-Four, Castle, The Americans, and numerous other television series, usually playing the tough guy. With his rugged good looks inherited from his Lithuanian father and Polish mother, he has worked as a runway and print model in the United States and South Africa, and has done voice over work for video games. He makes his home in Los Angeles, where in his downtime, he windsurfs, practice martial arts, and hangs out at the beach with his pit bull, Duma.

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