Who is Lorenzo Valentin from Paris to the Moon and what is their importance?

Lorenzo Valentin was a young, very handsome French publisher who loved the Balzar restaurant in Paris, as did Gopnik and many others. Valentin became and the leader and spokesman for an association of friends of the Balzar who tried to keep it from changing its style under new ownership. Valentin made several speeches during the course of this tale, which covered more than one chapter, and in each case he was eloquent, tactful, and his words were received with enthusiastic applause.