Overview
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.
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.
- | Author: Ludwig Bemelmans
- | Publisher: Ebury Publishing
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2002
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780091887872
- | ISBN-10: 0091887879
