KYLE JARRARD is a senior editor at the International Herald Tribune and the author of two highly praised novels, Over There and Rolling the Bones. His work has appeared in numerous literary publications, including North American Review and Mississippi Review. Jarrard has lived in France for more than twenty years—now in Paris but first in Cognac country with his wife, whose family roots run deep there—and has written extensively about France and specifically about the Cognac industry and region.