Alec Le Sueur Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

'Brussels and all those Eurocrats on the gravy train? It's just so boring. Why, you can't even name ten famous Belgians!' Until 1993, Alec had never been to Belgium, so it came as some surprise when in August that year he found himself at the altar of a small church in Flanders, reciting wedding vows in Flemish. It was the start, for better or for worse, of a long relationship with this unassuming and much maligned little country. As he ordered yet another pint of Stella, it dawned on him that perhaps it was time to immerse himself in Belgian culture, especially when there were over a hundred locally produced beers on the menu. He vowed to put worldwide opinion to the test: just how boring can Belgium be?

Jen málo evropanů mělo to štěstí, že někdy stanulo na tibetské půdě.Autor, zaměstnanec mezinárodní hotelové společnosti, tam strávil rovnou pět let. Na pozadí omračující krásy Himaláje s v knize jeho vzpomínek odvíjí poutavé i politicky poučné vyprávění. Zážitky a postřehy mladého muže ze Západu, který se ocitl uprostřed tajemné východní země, jejíž prastarou kulturu překrývá nános komunismu v čínském pojetí, překypují neodolatelnou směsicí nepředpojatosti, svěžesti a strhujícího humoru.

Few foreigners are lucky enough to set foot on Tibetan soil, but Alec Le Sueur spent five extraordinary years there, working in the unlikeliest Holiday Inn in the world. Against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas unfolds a highly amusing and enlightening account of his experiences, from fly infestations at state banquets, unexpected deliveries of live snakes, a predominance of yaks and everything yakrelated, insurmountable communication problems to a dead guest. Le Sueur, the only Westerner since the days of Heinrich Harrer to spend so long in Tibet, provides a fascinating insight into a country that was only just opening up to the outside world, from what can only be described as the 'Fawlty Towers' of Lhasa.