Welcome to The Hills,Oslo's most esteemed restaurant,an institution stewed in tradition and clinging to the faded grandeur of old Europe.
A neurotic waiter tends to the desires of his clientele. Aristocrats and artistes,wealthy widows and roguish entrepreneurs,he observes all their dramas with a wit as sharp as a filleting knife.
At table ten sits the impeccable Mr Graham,impatiently awaiting a special guest. When at last she arrives - young,beautiful,mysterious - she will prove to be a challenging new flavour,threatening both our waiter's nerves,and the delicately balanced ingredients of the room.
Exquisitely observed and wickedly playful,The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food,wine,and of European sensibilities,but also for anyone who spends time in restaurants,on either side of the service.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781784163983Number of pages: 240Weight: 168 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 15 mm
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'As if The Remains of the Day had been written by Kingsley Amis,The Waiter is a brilliantly exquisite view into an uproariously vigilant life of service and protocol. In Faldbakken's skilled hands,a mordant,lonely waiter in a declining restaurant becomes a raw,scrupulous force,powering one of the most purely entertaining novels I've read in years. This book is a meal you won't want to finish.'-J. Ryan Stradal
'Faldbakken has a way with non-action. He builds a delicious tension between the paucity of events and the lavishness of the technique with which they are described.'- New York Times
'A sly amuse bouche of a novel...its atmosphere and observations are deliciously rich.'-Mail on Sunday
'Bringing to mind Mervyn Peake and Wes Anderson,with some of Nathanael West's deadpan grotesque,this is a beguiling,quirky entertainment.'- Kirkus
'A quirky slice of life.'- Los Angeles Times
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