Hotel Babylon: Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel by

Description: Hotel Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones A luxury-hotel manager reveals what goes on behind closed doors in this "Kitchen Confidential" of the hotel industry. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The manager of an exclusive boutique hotel (who shall remain nameless) exposes the low-life styles of the rich and famous in this titillating exposé.The anonymous author has encountered lavish drug parties, gorgeous call girls, naked guests falling out of windows, $9,000 bottles of wine, astronomical telephone porn bills, bathtubs of Evian, and on more than one occasion, dead sheep. And every dirty word of it is true.This is a trawl through the decadence and debauchery of the ultimate service industry—where money not only talks, but gets guests the best room, the best service, and also entitles them to behave in any way they please. Author Biography Imogen Edwards-Jones is the author of Shagpile, My Canape Hell, Hotel Babylon, and The Wendy House. She has edited the anthologies Big Night Out and Girls Night Out/Boys Night In. She lives in England. Excerpt from Book Just after 9am, the businessman in Room 302 who wants to check out. He is one of those sleazy guys with dandruff on his collar and egg on his tie; to be honest, he just looks like he needs a good wash. I type in his room number into the computer in the small office behind the desk, and press Print. Wheres that monosyllabic Reservations assistant, Ewan, when you need him? The machine goes crazy, churning out reams of paper with different (976) numbers on them. Normally these phone calls would cost something like 50p a minute, but in the hotel it is Details ISBN042520135X Author Imogen Edwards-Jones Short Title HOTEL BABYLON Pages 288 Language English ISBN-10 042520135X ISBN-13 9780425201350 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Subtitle Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel DOI 10.1604/9780425201350 AU Release Date 2004-12-07 NZ Release Date 2004-12-07 US Release Date 2004-12-07 UK Release Date 2004-12-07 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Publication Date 2004-12-07 DEWEY 647.94 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7413755;

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