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Hôtel Victoire

This slyly observant, sensitive and frequently hilarious novel brilliantly evokes the somewhat seedy atmosphere of Paris in the years following the end of Word War II. William Soames is a representative for a package holiday company accommodating its clients at Hotel Victoire, run by the courteous and philosophical Monsieur Henri Rouget and his formidable Maman. The friendship between William and the quintessentially Gallic Henri, both men, each in his own way, searching for love, provides the canvas on which Oliver Stanley paints his vivid portrait of times past. Hotel Victoire is a glorious comedy of the English and Americans abroad, and abounds in hilarious anecdote, strange events and exquisitely drawn, eccentric characters. It is also a bittersweet tour of memory at the end of which William revisits his old haunts, and discovers that it is impossible to recapture times past. Oliver Stanley has written a minor masterpiece of observation and reminiscence.

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Author	Oliver Stanley
ISBN	9781846241291
Cover Type	Hardback
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Publication Date	1/7/2007
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Price:	£16.99

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