Hotel Splendide

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ā€œTruly a great bookā€”unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genreā€¦ Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better.ā€ ā€”Anthony Bourdain
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Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the Madeline books

Picture David Sedaris writing Kitchen Confidential about the Ritz in New York in the 1920s, which had the style and charm of The Grand Budapest Hotelā€¦

In this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendideā€”the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritzā€”a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls.

In hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maƮtre d'hƓtel Monsieur Victor to the kindly waiter Mespoulets to Frizl the homesick busboy. Illustrated with his own charming line drawings, Bemelmans' tales of a bygone era of extravagance are as charming as they are riotously entertaining.
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ā€œ[Bemelmans] was the original bad boy of the NY hotel/restaurant subculture, a waiter, busboy, and restaurateur who ā€œtold allā€ in a series of funny and true (or very near true) autobiographical accounts of backstairs folly, excess, borderline criminality, and madness in the grande Hotel Splendideā€¦ If you like stories about old New York as I do, this classic will have you laughing out loud.ā€Ā  ā€“Anthony Bourdain

This book title, Hotel Splendide, ISBN: 9781782277910, by Ludwig Bemelmans, published by Steerforth Press (November 15, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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Author:
Ludwig Bemelmans
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
144
Publisher:
Steerforth Press (November 15, 2022)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781782277910
ISBN-10:
1782277919
Weight:
6.6oz
Dimensions:
5.1" x 7.8" x 0.62"
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Country of Origin:
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