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Focus Magazine
'Imagine moving Faulty Towers from Torquay to Tibet...Le Sueur has distilled five years of real anecdotes into one hilarious volume...unbelieveably true.'
Time Magazine
'...offers lucid details about living in a place that westerners tend to misunderstand.'
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I stumbled in this book my chance as I was browsing for reference material on health and hygiene. As the author and I share the same rather unusual surname, a hotel background and a love of travel to far flung places I thought this might be 'my kind of book'. I was not disappointed.
Alec Le Sueur gives us an accurate and extremely amusing behind-the scenes look at hotel life. Hoteliers will find memories come bounding back as Le Sueur's tales remind them of similar experiences. How little the guest knows as he obliviously whiles his days away in his 'luxury' hotel!
For the traveller - both real and armchair - Le Sueur takes us on a journey through his Tibetan life, sharing with us his thoughts and observations. He gives us a rare insight into this mysterious country as he is one of just a handleful of foreigners who have spent such a long period of time living in this closed world.
At times his tales are thought-provoking, sometimes poignent. For the most part they are so funny I found myself laughing out loud.
This book is a mu-rad for anyone with an interest in Tibet or an appreciation for the 'funny side of life.'
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a must read for any traveller. You can anticipate whats round the next corner, but no that couldn't happen, yip it just did. My only negative point about it is that I took it to read on a two week holiday (I'm a slow reader), and I was half way through it by the time I landed in Kathmandu, you just can't put it down.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a delightful book this is. So many books about Tibet are worthy but not very readable. Alec Le Sueur doesn't preach or lecture, he entertains. He doesn't need to go into lengthy explanations of history or politics he just tells you some stories of life running a hotel in Lhasa... What is most wonderful about this book is that it exemplifies the very joie de vivre for which Tibetans are known. He shows us the oppression that exsists in Lhasa and yet somehow also reveals to us the atmosphere that a Free Tibet could and should enjoy. Magical and very very clever.
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I read this book sometime ago and loved it.
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I saw it again last week and had to have another go.
Unusual, escape from suburbia (for me!) tale. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss S. P. Wells
The Hotel On The Roof Of The World
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I love this book. Over the years I have bought several copies and the feedback has always been extremely positive. If only I could read it on my Kindle. Read more
Published 12 months ago by KatieB
The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet
Well I've always rated Amazon quite high because all the products I ordered have been delivered in good time, however,I'm extremely disappointed this time - I ordered this book as... Read more
Published 14 months ago by baobao
Loved it!
I was really curious about this book and have to say that my expectations were more than exceeded. As I am working myself as a hotel manager, I found it very interesting to get an... Read more
Published 18 months ago by SuWi
An entertaining read
Having read lots of books on Tibet and its culture and religion, this account of working in a global chain hotel in modern Lhasa is very different. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Avvy
Pecking out a review en route to Cleveland
In 1988, the twenty-five year-old Brit, Alec Le Sueur, arrived in Hong Kong determined to continue his career in high-end hotel management by securing a position in a poncy hotel... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Joseph Haschka
fun to read
This is a very easy reading book packed with interesting insight to life in Tibet as an out comer. The author is a bit of a moaner sometimes but he made up by moaning in such a... Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by yanrrr
Fabulous
For anyone who has travelled within Asia or who would like to travel in Asia, this is a funny, laugh out loud account of one man's experiences trying and suceeding to run a hotel... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Mrs. R. E. Margieson
Hilarious fantastic read
I could not put this book down. I laughed and laughed and having been in Tibet I could identify with the Characters and Situations. A must for anyone who likes travelling!
Published on 16 Aug 2009 by Tango girl
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