A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
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- Synopsis
- A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door...is hell.Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly.He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bars; scraping by on coffee, bread and cigarettes, often under sadistic managers, with a wage so low you're fighting your colleagues for tips. Colleagues - including thieves, narcissists, ex-Legionnaires, paperless immigrants, wannabe actors and drug dealers - who are the closest thing to family that you've got.It's physically demanding, frequently humiliating and incredibly competitive. But it doesn't matter because you're in Paris, the centre of the universe, and there's nowhere else you'd rather be in the world.(p) 2022 Octopus Publishing Group.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781800960282
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781800960183
- Publisher:
- Octopus
- Date of Addition:
- 11/23/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Edward Chisholm
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Orlando Wells
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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