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Down and Out in Paris and London

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This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. The Parisian episode is fascinating for its expose of the kitchens of posh French restaurants, where the narrator works at the bottom of the culinary echelon as dishwasher, or plongeur. In London, while waiting for a job, he experiences the world of tramps, street people, and free lodging houses. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 ORW D

Publisher

USA : Harvest Books., 1961

Collation

213p; bw; pbk

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780156262248

Classification

823

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Subject(s)

Fiction

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