01581     2200181   4500010001800000090001100018101001300029102000800042200003900050210003200089215002700121330110700148345001401255676001001269700002101279801002101300995007801321  a9781740511414  9317057  aengceng  aAUS  aRoom servicebLIVfFrank Moorhouse  a[S.l.]cVintage Booksd2009  a1 vol. (204 p.)d20 cm  aA hilarious spoof of travel books.

Frank Moorhouse and his alter ego, Francoise Blase, are at their mordant best. Their wit, satire and keen eye for detail are finely honed as they travel at home and abroad, savouring the persecution inflicted by bell captains, barmen and tour guides - together with the endless buffeting of cultural differences. Moorhouse and Francois Blase like to travel light. Carrying a typewriter, a six-pack and a healthy amou

nt of hedonistic humor, the Australian pair tour the globe's underbelly in these brilliant pieces, exchanging barbs, witticisms and stinging insights on the ways of people. The tales dissect the anti-art of traveling and provide incisive narratives that alternately wink at their subjects and then 'whonk' them on the back Aussie style.

Moorhouse also makes a solitary journey back to the 1950s, to recapture the rhythms and idiom of school and family life in a poignant account. A hilarious spoof of travel books Room Service is a collection of stories, or rather dispatches, from a feckless Australian travel writer to his long-suffering editor.  a24,95 $au  a899.3  aMoorhousebFrank  aFRbMOc20120723  bMEDOUESTcMEDOUESTf90590295jPRAk899.3 MOOm2019-04-04 00:00:00o0uARO