Travel Writing
Synopsis
Few foreigners have been lucky enough to set foot on Tibetan soil – Alec Le Sueur spent five extraordinary years there, working for an international hotel chain. Against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas he unfolds a highly amusing and politically enlightening account of his experiences.
Fly infestations at state banquets, hopeful mountaineers, unexpected deliveries of live snakes, a predominance of yaks and everything yak-related, the unbelievable Miss Tibet competition, insurmountable communication problems and a dead guest are just some of the entertainments to be found at the ‘Fawlty Towers’ of Lhasa.
Daily challenges are increased by the fragile political situation. Le Sueur, the only foreigner since the days of Heinrich Harrer to spend so long in Tibet, examines its intriguing cultural background, thus providing a fascinating insight into a country that is virtually impenetrable to today’s traveller.
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'Tibet remains obstinately in my mind as one of the most strangely seductive places I've been to... Thank you to Alec Le Sueur for bringing it to life.'
Le Sueur sees the funny side and provides us with the means of improving our knowledge of a far away country about which we know very little. Fawlty Towers goes...
Offers lucid details about living in a place that westerners tend to misunderstand.
An hilarious account of a clash of cultures... a comparison with Fawlty Towers is inevitable, but this is funnier.
Imagine moving Fawlty Towers from Torquay to Tibet. But while Fawlty Towers was fictitious, the Lhasa Holiday Inn actually exists. With a cast of extras that would put Manuel to...
This is the light-hearted true story of the author`s five years running a hotel in Lhasa. It makes Fawlty Towers seem an oasis of calm. He unfolds his tale with...
Horribly funny and worthy of any hotel sitcom.
Thoroughly entertaining... simply a very funny book.
The Good Book Guide - Andrew Young
Fawlty Towers meets The Shining in this absorbing tale of business (mis)management. Keen to unravel the mysteries of the East, Alec Le Sueur moves to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa...
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