How Not to Run a Hotel

by Harry Pope

Basil Fawlty has reincarnated in Eastbourne as Harry Pope, he enters into a disastrous partnership with a Californian businessman, and buys a 28 bedroom hotel. He employs Polish, not Spanish, staff, blocks the purchase of a £10,000 ornamental fountain for the front garden, and enters into a hate relationship with Volvo estate drivers. He discovers that his partner has financial feet of clay, his housekeeping staff don’t know how to use a duster, and his general manager could give lessons on spying to James Bond. Read, enjoy, laugh, and cry with him during his trials and tribulations, and then want to learn what happens next.

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2011

Reviews

[Demi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was hoping for a book similar to hotel Babylon. But got a 24 page book(?) which was someone moaning about the time they had a hotel. Luckily the style of writing was quite witty and sarcastic but still came across as someone being bitter