by George Orwell
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Hobbies, 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 Hobbies, Most Recommended Books, and Travel.
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