The artist Fabrice Moireau has undertaken a close study of Paris, surveying it at roof level, with entomologist's eye for detail. In this book, he has captured the city's lesser knows nooks and crannies, alongside the famous landmarks, offering up unusual anglesand new ways of seeing an iconic city. This other side of Paris -this levitated, almost unreal world- is an extravagant mass of ingenious shapes and forms that give protection from rain, wind and architectural monotony. Rooftops of Paris is an invitation to traval to this unfamiliar and exhilarating cityscape.