{"product_id":"hotel-splendide-paperback","title":"Hotel Splendide - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLudwig Bemelmans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Truly a great book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eunique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eBemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003cb\u003e--Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the \u003ci\u003eMadeline \u003c\/i\u003ebooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePicture David Sedaris writing \u003ci\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e about the Ritz in New York in the 1920s, which had the style and charm of \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this charming and uproariously funny hotel memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide--the thinly disguised stand-in for the Ritz--a luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter in the 1920s. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he uncovers the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003c\/b\u003eBemelmans] \u003cb\u003ewas \u003c\/b\u003ethe original bad boy of the NY hotel\/restaurant subculture, a waiter, busboy, and restaurateur who \"told all\" in a series of funny and true (or very near true) autobiographical accounts of backstairs folly, excess, borderline criminality, and madness in the grande Hotel Splendide... If you like stories about old New York as I do, this classic will have you laughing out loud.\" -Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) was an Austrian-born American writer and illustrator of books for children and adults. He travelled to American in 1914, at the age of sixteen, and worked for three years in the dining halls of what he called, in his autobiographical works, the \u003ci\u003eHotel Splendide\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1926, he quit working in hotels to become a full-time cartoonist and made frequent contributions to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e. He is perhaps most well-known as the author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eMadeline \u003c\/i\u003ebooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984305324333,"sku":"9781782277910","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/a01tU0hUamI1U3dxU25weWdGSDZYZz09.webp?v=1776092322","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/hotel-splendide-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}