“According to one overseas tabloid report, his alleged paramour gave a tell-all interview to an unidentified American broadcast network.”

“Alas, when the desired moment of assignation arrives, his beloved paramour is not to be found, and another girl offers to fill her place.”

“At 55, the French writer complained of feeling marginalised and undesirable, while her frail paramour Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed the admiration of young, beautiful women.”