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Billig, Barbara C. Griffin; Pohnka, Bett
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Fiction
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2011
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Clearview Investments, Inc.
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English
β 213 KB
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The Catastrophe
β Scribed by Wedde, Ian
- Book ID
- 109899519
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780864737564
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The Age of Excess has been good to Christopher Hare. One of the world?s top food writers, he has travelled to the best restaurants in the most exotic locations, with the chic dining companion known to readers of his lavish books as ThΓ© GlacΓ©. But, in the new mood of austerity ushered in by the credit crunch, will the world still be interested in what he thinks of Robuchon?s caramelised quail? Certainly Christopher?s editor isn?t. Christopher?s moment of truth catches up with him in the corrupt space between the violent Lebanese civil war of 1975-90 and the luxurious bolt-holes of the Riviera. One evening, almost at the bottom of his over-the-hill slope, he is investigating the budget options in a mediocre restaurant in off-season Nice. These days he is no longer accompanied by ThΓ© GlacΓ©, aka Mary Pepper, who has found international fame and fortune as an art photographer of pornographically eroticised foodstuffs. In the restaurant, Christopher witnesses an...
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