Incredible... but true! The story of a man whose ingenious exploitation of his unique physical gifts made him the sensation of Paris, the rage of Europe.

A biography of Joseph Pujol, famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will.

... Le Petomane , along with the other characters , in the long opening num- ber , " Montmartre , " which is the only ... Le Petomane's efforts to blow his own horn . " I knew how to act like I was farting without being too obvious or vulgar ...

-It's not my intention to write a paper about you, - says the visitor to Le Petomane, the famous showman of 19th-century France, -but, rather, to ask you to take me as your pupil in that inimitable art of which monsieur is both master and ...

A Cultural History of the Fart Jim Dawson. Joseph Pujol , Le Petomane , died in Toulon in 1945 , at the age of eighty - eight . A medical school offered 25,000 francs for the right to examine his body ... LE PETOMANE - THE FINE ART OF ...

... Le Petomane , the farting artist , whose biography I read a little novelty book found in the office of my father , who's a gastroenterologist . " But Le Petomane has found his greatest voice - orally and otherwise in cinema , where a ...

... Le Petomane played to packed houses. Finally, in 1892, he blew into Paris. HIS FART'S DESIRE The Moulin Rouge was his aim—and he went right for it. The manager of the Moulin Rouge, one Oller, on hearing of Le Petomane's specialty, was ...

And what role does Mademoiselle Liane de Pougy, the celebrated courtesan, play in this drama of passions and intrigues? About the Author Siu Kam Wen was born in China but grew up in South America.