Boursicot

Boursicot, in Wadler's portrait, is a classic fool for love, the victim of a hyperactive romantic imagination.

Much Stranger Than Fiction 2008

In the course of his travels, which took him to Saudi Arabia, New Orleans, the Amazon, Mongolia, Jerusalem, Belize and Paris, the swaggering, sexually ambivalent Boursicot had affairs with both men and women.

Much Stranger Than Fiction 2008

Boursicot, a virgin at the time, swallowed the story whole.

Much Stranger Than Fiction 2008

What Pei Pu thought -- and what his role was in persuading Boursicot to spy for the Chinese -- remains mysterious.

Much Stranger Than Fiction 2008

When Boursicot finally managed to get the opera star and her "son" out of Beijing in 1982, Thierty shared a Paris apartment with them, never questioning her gender.

Much Stranger Than Fiction 2008

He also had been believed for years to be a woman, at least by Boursicot, who served time in prison after the affair and became a laughingstock in France.

The Seattle Times 2009

In 1986, Shi and Boursicot received six-year sentences for espionage.

The Seattle Times 2009

Although Boursicot and Shi occasionally spoke over the years, relations were strained.

The Seattle Times 2009

Part of Shi Peipu's story is when he followed Boursicot back to his home in Paris after presenting him with a child that was the supposed result of their many encounters.

Registan.net 2009

Boursicot would later say, was fast and furtive, always carried out in the dark.

The Seattle Times 2009