A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young...
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Author: Edward Chisholm
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Language: English
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A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City by Chisholm, Edward

A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

€40,85

A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

€40,85
Author: Edward Chisholm
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light.

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 beneath 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. Your colleagues--including thieves, narcissists, ex-soldiers, immigrants, wannabe actors, and drug dealers--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 center of the universe, and there's nowhere else you'd rather be in the world.

Author: Edward Chisholm
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 08/09/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.29w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9781639362837


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2022
Library Journal 07/01/2022 pg. 71
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2022
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 16

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