{"product_id":"hotel-splendide","title":"Hotel Splendide","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCONTENTS \n\u003cbr\u003e 1. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Animal Waiter \u003c\/i\u003e7 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. \n\u003ci\u003eArt at the Hotel Splendide \u003c\/i\u003e14 \n\u003cbr\u003e 3. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mandolin \u003c\/i\u003e23 \n\u003cbr\u003e 4. \n\u003ci\u003eEasy Money \u003c\/i\u003e35 \n\u003cbr\u003e 5. \n\u003ci\u003eKalakobe \u003c\/i\u003e43 \n\u003cbr\u003e 6. \n\u003ci\u003eA Night in Granada \u003c\/i\u003e51 \n\u003cbr\u003e 7. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hispano \u003c\/i\u003e56 \n\u003cbr\u003e 8. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Homesick Bus Boy \u003c\/i\u003e62 \n\u003cbr\u003e 9. \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Suit \u003c\/i\u003e70 \n\u003cbr\u003e 10. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Ballet Visits the Magician \u003c\/i\u003e82 \n\u003cbr\u003e 11. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Magician Does\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ea New Trick \u003c\/i\u003e89 \n\u003cbr\u003e 12. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dreams of the Magician \u003c\/i\u003e96 \n\u003cbr\u003e 13. \n\u003ci\u003eMy Valet Lustgarten \u003c\/i\u003e105 \n\u003cbr\u003e 14. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Banquet \u003c\/i\u003e116 \n\u003cbr\u003e 15. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Murderer of the Splendide \u003c\/i\u003e129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLudwig 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 \n\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 \n\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e. He is perhaps most well-known as the author of the beloved \n\u003ci\u003eMadeline \u003c\/i\u003ebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An uproarious account of his life as a waiter at the thinly disguised Ritz-Carlton in the 1920s . . . He is a canny observer with a wry sense of humor, an innocent bystander who simply looks on. He's like P.G. Wodehouse, with a touch of the Marx Brothers. . . . a delight from beginning to end.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eHotel Splendide\u003c\/i\u003e, Bemelmans's 1941, out-of-print memoir, which is being reissued by Pushkin Press this month, is \n\u003cb\u003ea delightful passport to a long-lost era\u003c\/b\u003e\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Air Mail \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The original bad boy of the New York restaurant\/hotel underbelly. Bemelmans is always funny, insightful and dead on target.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Freshness and vitality...wit, humor, pathos, and the inimitable Bemelmans' touch.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"The kitchen memoir to end them all.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Slightly Foxed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A seemingly light-hearted yet deceptively dark memoir of [Bemelmans'] time working in a luxury hotel in 1920s New York. A gently flowing, delightfully gossipy read, I could easily picture the entirety shot in black-and-white vignettes, Woody Allen style.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Irish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A charming memoir.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Immensely fun and an absolutely charming book... a beautiful classic\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--WAMC\u003cb\u003e North East Public Radio \u003c\/b\u003eBook Picks. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Truly a great book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eunique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre\u003c\/b\u003e... \n\u003cb\u003eBemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better.\u003c\/b\u003e\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Anthony Bourdain\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\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\n\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. \n\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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bemelmans, Ludwig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2022-11-29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Cooking|Essays \u0026amp; Narratives|Literary Criticism|American|General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Bemelmans, Ludwig|Hotels|New York (State)|Employees|Fiction|New York (N.Y.)|Social life and customs|United States|Short stories|Humorous fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781782277910\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52140262818073,"sku":"SP-9781782277910","price":23.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781782277910_spiral.png?v=1773960223","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/hotel-splendide","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}