Stiff Upper Lip

Life Among the Diplomats

Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Short Stories
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Author: Lawrence Durrell ISBN: 9781453261576
Publisher: Open Road Media Publication: June 12, 2012
Imprint: Open Road Media Language: English
Author: Lawrence Durrell
ISBN: 9781453261576
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication: June 12, 2012
Imprint: Open Road Media
Language: English

The celebrated author of the Alexandria Quartet offers a collection of comic tales about the British Empire’s colonial diplomats.
 

As the overseer of the kitchen at the British embassy in Vulgaria, De Mandeville has begun to abuse his power. He subjects the King’s guests to a blistering Madras curry, a French onion soup served without spoons, and a table so loaded with vegetation that the party can hardly see the food. But worst of all, he has begun to cook with garlic, that fragrant bulb so beloved by diplomats that it must be banned, lest foul breath cripple the Empire. De Mandeville is due for comeuppance, and no breath mint can save him now.

 

“If Garlic Be the Food of Love” is only the first story in this invaluable peek at life in British diplomatic circles. After the ninth, the reader will wonder not how the British Empire came apart, but how De Mandeville, Polk-Mowbray, and the King’s other dips ever got it started in the first place.

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The celebrated author of the Alexandria Quartet offers a collection of comic tales about the British Empire’s colonial diplomats.
 

As the overseer of the kitchen at the British embassy in Vulgaria, De Mandeville has begun to abuse his power. He subjects the King’s guests to a blistering Madras curry, a French onion soup served without spoons, and a table so loaded with vegetation that the party can hardly see the food. But worst of all, he has begun to cook with garlic, that fragrant bulb so beloved by diplomats that it must be banned, lest foul breath cripple the Empire. De Mandeville is due for comeuppance, and no breath mint can save him now.

 

“If Garlic Be the Food of Love” is only the first story in this invaluable peek at life in British diplomatic circles. After the ninth, the reader will wonder not how the British Empire came apart, but how De Mandeville, Polk-Mowbray, and the King’s other dips ever got it started in the first place.

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