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

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in&nbsp;the City of Light.&nbsp; 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.

Biographies & Memoirs

Chisholm, Edward

Community & Culture

Pegasus Books

'Visceral and unbelievably compelling' - Emerald Fennell\n'Vividly written and merciless in its detail' - Edward Stourton\n'A Dickensian tale of a young man's trial by fire in a French bistro gives rise to biting commentary on Parisian culture in Chisholm's intoxicating debut' - Publisher's Weekly\nA 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.\nEdward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly.\nHe 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. Colleagues - including thieves, narcissists, ex-Legionnaires, paperless immigrants, wannabe actors and drug dealers - who are the closest thing to family that you've got.\nIt's physically demanding, frequently humiliating and incredibly competitive. But it doesn't matter because you're in Paris, the centre of the universe, and there's nowhere else you'd rather be in the world.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Monoray

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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