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Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. But when hotel staff begin to vanish and a German prince goes missing, Nella discovers that murder, blackmail and kidnapping are also on the menu. A rollicking murder mystery from one of the finest writers of the last century.

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Funny, undemanding... involves kidnapping, dilapidated central European royalty and redoubtable American millionairesses. * Guardian *
Arnold Bennett is generally rather excellent * The Times *
Criminally underrated -- Felicity Cloake * Guardian *

The Grand Babylon Hotel

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    A Paperback / softback by Arnold Bennett

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/02/2017
      ISBN13: 9781784872373, 978-1784872373
      ISBN10: 1784872377
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. But when hotel staff begin to vanish and a German prince goes missing, Nella discovers that murder, blackmail and kidnapping are also on the menu. A rollicking murder mystery from one of the finest writers of the last century.

      Trade Review
      Funny, undemanding... involves kidnapping, dilapidated central European royalty and redoubtable American millionairesses. * Guardian *
      Arnold Bennett is generally rather excellent * The Times *
      Criminally underrated -- Felicity Cloake * Guardian *

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