On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:46:55 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, "Knight Of The Road"
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... "Magda" wrote
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... > I love this book! :))
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... Me too.
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... When I was in my late teens I was unemployed and semi-homeless and I often
... spent days without eating because of want of money.
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... I also did occasional casual work as a catering assistant- a "plongeur"- in
... London hotels- I have also collected cigarette ends from the street, exactly
... as Orwell, and the London tramps did as they marched from spike to spike.
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... "Down and out in Paris and London" is a fascinating and easily-readable
... novel and I'd recommend it to anyone.
I loved the portrait of a Paris I've heard about but can never know, and then it was so
vivid I could actually *feel* his hunger and tiredness when he - literally - walked
kilometres to save the metro fare...
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