A Waiter in Paris

Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

De: Edward Chisholm

Narrado por: Tristam Summers

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

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.

©2022 Edward Chisholm (P)2023 Tantor

Great narration and storytelling brings to life a world most of us have seen but never known

Loved this book. Protagonist is very relatable. His courage and fortitude admirable. Characters in the restaurant are fascinating. Narration was excellent.

The reality of what it is like behind those doors to the kitchen and pass that we as consumers have no clue

Liked the author and the narrator - I will refer to friends
15 words are too many

Down and out in Paris II

Orwell is my lit. Hero. His immersive, investigative, journalistic writing is what I see in Chisholm’s Paris. I thoroughly enjoy chisholm’s narrative style, its economy, precision and layedness. Through the eye of self inspiring Parian waiter, the writer generously and physically present the lives in Paris, or life in general. It is heavy, unrelenting, cyclical and we like/ enjoy it. In that sense, are we not all Parisian waiters?

I have to say this: the narration is world class. I will definitely follow the works of both artists.

Listen to this book pls.!

Wonderful story

If true, beautifully described; if fiction, beautifully conceived!

Looking forward to more from this brilliant young writer.

Interesting!

An enlightening look into the behind the scenes of fancy restaurants. Easy listen, well told.

Loved it!

A sobering account of what’s behind the glamorous façade of a Parisian restaurant. The story telling rivals that of George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. Beautifully written.

Engaging

Fun, unpretentious look at restaurant work in Paris. Really dispels the illusion many would assume.

Genuine story

Love the human and inhuman factor of the story. Some of the chapters could have dug deeper, but overall really enjoyed the story.

The best Paris memoir I’ve read in years

Loved this story of a different side of Paris. If you’ve ever traveled to Paris and thought, “You don’t have to tip well in France, waiters get a decent salary,” read this book.

Makes you think about the service industry

Really entertaining, although depressing, true account about what goes on behind the scenes. Well written and terrific
narrator.