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25%OFFLudwig Bemelmans - Hotel Bemelmans - 9780091887872 - V9780091887872
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Hotel Bemelmans

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Description for Hotel Bemelmans Paperback. Talks about the grand hotel life. In this story, you can meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet, and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. Num Pages: 320 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGHA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans' stories are it. His evocative tales of grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sensory detail, yet he always manages to bathe his world and it's lovable characters in the mood of a fairytale. Meet the girl-hungry hotel Magician, Kalakobe the African cook, Mr Sigsag, Monsieur Victor, Mespoulet and an unforgettable cast of down but not yet out hotel employees. A feast of food writing. And once you've read one Bemelmans' tale you fall in love and want to read the lot.

Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091887872
SKU
V9780091887872
Shipping Time
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About Ludwig Bemelmans
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) wrote and illustrated over 40 books. Born in the Austrian Tyrol, he was sent to America at the age of 16 after he shot a head-waiter at his uncle's hotel. He arrived in New York sporting pistols to fend off Indians. In addition to his books he wrote for Hollywood, owned restaurants, designed sets for Broadway and ... Read more

Reviews for Hotel Bemelmans
The adventures of the original bad boy of the New York restaurant/ hotel underbelly continue. Whether writing about the backstairs misadventures of cooks and waiters or travel to faraway lands, Bemelmans is always funny, insightful and dead on target. No one has ever surpassed the master.
Anthony Bourdain A complete original
Saturday Review
An artist in both ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hotel Bemelmans


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