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In this uproariously funny memoir, Ludwig Bemelmans uncovers the fabulous world of the Hotel Splendide, the luxury New York hotel where he worked as a waiter. With equal parts affection and barbed wit, he records the everyday chaos that reigns behind the smooth facades of the gilded dining room and banquet halls.
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.
Contents
CONTENTS
1. The Animal Waiter 7
2. Art at the Hotel Splendide 14
3. The Lost Mandolin 23
4. Easy Money 35
5. Kalakobe 43
6. A Night in Granada 51
7. The Hispano 56
8. The Homesick Bus Boy 62
9. The New Suit 70
10. The Ballet Visits the Magician 82
11. The Magician Does a New Trick 89
12. The Dreams of the Magician 96
13. My Valet Lustgarten 105
14. The Banquet 116
15. The Murderer of the Splendide 129



