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On a par with the best of Bill Bryson and Pico Iyer, Alec Le Sueur's bestselling insider account of life at the world famous Holiday Inn, Lhasa, Tibet (altitude 14,000 feet) pits Communist owners against capitalist manager to create a chain hotel in Shangri-La. Against all odds, heroic Tibetan workers fight with Chinese bosses who turn off the heat in reezing weather when occupancy falls below 20 percent. They struggle against Maoist bureaucrats trying to break up the first Miss Tibet beauty pageant. And they delicately remove the American Express card from the wallet of an apparently deceased guest to cover room charges. Nonstop hijinks make this one of the funniest travel books on the planet.
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In this remarkable book, Alec LeSueur raises the bar on travel writing. Acclaimed as an instant classic, this book has hit bestseller lists across Europe and become a favorite of booksellers, reviewers and reading groups in the United States. LeSueur's wonderful writing style embraces not only the hilarity of a Communist hotel managed by an American hotel chain with an Italian manager, it sheds new light on the Tibetan political situation. This book is a joy to read.
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Are They Piping Oygen or Laughing Gas?
When marketing wunderkind Alec Le Sueur signed on for a five-year stint at the Holiday Inn on the roof of the world in Lhasa, Tibet, no one told him the job required the wit and wisdom of a psychiatrist, the nose of an exterminator, the artistry of an emergey medical technician, and the diplomatic talent of a mortician. A staff trained with Fawlty Towers videos (until the comedies were seized by Communist authorities) served an eclectic mix of celebrities, diplomats, mountain climbers, spiritual pilgrims and cognoscenti circumnavigating the world in their own private jets. Le Sueur literally brings down the house with this internationally best-selling account of Communist owners and capitalist managers trying to create a chain hotel in Shangri-La. High prices, high altitutde, high jinks and the ubiqurous Himalayan hamsters help turn the hotel into the set for a Tibetan situation comedy. Take a deep breath as you learn:
. The story of an Italian manager, who takes time out from bedding down hotel guests to spend a few nights sleeping with his wife.
.What happens when a pulse is found on an apparently deceased guest after staff has extracted an american Epxress card from his wallet to cover room charges.
. How Communist managers tried to break up the first Miss Tibet beauty pageant.
. The story behind the creation of the Hard Yak Cafe, a cash cow in a land badly in need of hard currency.
. Why Chinese owners insisted on turning off the heat in freezing weather when occupancy fell below 20 percent.
The Hotel On the Roof of the World offers a rare, politically enlightening look at life behind the yak curtain and is a tribute to the heroic people of Tibet, who give all in their determination to make life at the top of the world a daily miracle.
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- PublisherRdr Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1571431012
- ISBN 13 9781571431011
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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