Monica Dickens's irreverent chronicle of life as a cook-general. It is an uproarious backstairs view of the English upper classes in moments of comedy, drama, selfishness and childish pique. Here is fun, wit, malice and, in the face of the tartars who rule on both sides of the baize door, courage.
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Monica Dickens's irreverent chronicle of life as a cook-general. It is an uproarious backstairs view of the English upper classes in moments of comedy, drama, selfishness and childish pique. Here is fun, wit, malice and, in the face of the tartars who rule on both sides of the baize door, courage.
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