Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell
Recommended by Anthony Bourdain and Alice Walker
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Travel, Most Recommended Books, and Travel.
This unusual fictional memoir in good part autobiographical narrates without selfpity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the downandouts 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 culinar...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Travel, Most Recommended Books, and Travel.
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Anthony Bourdain
“?Down and Out? is hilarious, with a humor quite unexpected in the otherwise seemingly somber Brother Blair. I listen to it often (a couple of places are dated and I have to skip) when I want to laugh. | “Down and Out” is hilarious, with a humor quite unexpected in the otherwise seemingly somber Brother Blair. I listen to it often (a couple of places are dated and I have to skip) when I want to laugh.”
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