{"product_id":"9781782277910","title":"Hotel Splendide","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ludwig Bemelmans\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 September 2022 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 197 x 20mm | 182g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this uproariously funny memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide, the luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he records the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn hilarious detail, Bemelmans sketches the hierarchy of hotel life and its strange and fascinating inhabitants: from the ruthlessly authoritarian maître d'hôtel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ludwig Bemelmans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57391066972485,"sku":"9781782277910","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781782277910.jpg?v=1773516865","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781782277910","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}