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

by Edward Chisholm
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A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

Parisian waiter reveals city's dark, indulgent underbelly.

If you're captivated by the gritty reality behind Paris's romantic facade, Edward Chisholm's memoir will transport you to the underbelly of its restaurant scene. His tale isn't just an exposé of the hardships faced by industry workers but a rich, evocative piece that evokes the cruel beauty of the city. Dive into this book for a real taste of Parisian life that tourists seldom see, told with the sharp eye of someone who's lived it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

by Edward Chisholm
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ISBN: 9781800960206
Authors: Edward Chisholm
Publisher: Monoray
Date of Publication: 2023-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Food & Drink, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
Related Topics: Memoir, Food, Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 5009 readers)

Description

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.
 

Parisian waiter reveals city's dark, indulgent underbelly.

If you're captivated by the gritty reality behind Paris's romantic facade, Edward Chisholm's memoir will transport you to the underbelly of its restaurant scene. His tale isn't just an exposé of the hardships faced by industry workers but a rich, evocative piece that evokes the cruel beauty of the city. Dive into this book for a real taste of Parisian life that tourists seldom see, told with the sharp eye of someone who's lived it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.