Frankfurt, Germany (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"…with a little money and possibly a few books sold, in the case of those writers or poets… went home (which was sometimes just a room in Frankfurt or Cologne)…"

"While she waited at the Frankfurt airport for the flight to L.A., she went into a bookshop and bought a book and a few magazines."

"‘Okay, uh... look, Carol, I think we can handle that with a phone call to Frankfurt. Follow up with a fax, and let me know how he responds, all right?’"

"My guy is in the waiting room of Frankfurt airport and he strikes up a conversation with another man in the lounge, and they discover—to their horror—that they are both involved in the study."

"I remember the American heiress stranded by her young lover at the train station in Frankfurt. And all she could say was: ‘God damn!’"