Waiter

Welcome to The Hills, Oslo’s most esteemed restaurant, an institution stewed in tradition and clinging to the faded grandeur of old Europe.

A neurotic waiter tends to the desires of his regular – and irregular – clientele. Aristocrats and artistes, wealthy widows and roguish entrepreneurs, he observes all their dramas with a wit as sharp as a filleting knife.

At table ten sits the impeccable Mr Graham, the most demanding of them all, impatiently awaiting a special guest. When at last she arrives – young, beautiful, mysterious – she will prove a challenging new flavour, throwing into disarray our waiter’s nerves, and the delicately balanced ingredients of the room.

Exquisitely observed and wickedly playful, The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food, wine, and of European sensibilities, but also for anyone who spends time in restaurants, either side of the service.

Bine ati venit la The Hills, cel mai apreciat restaurant din Oslo, o institutie inabusita in traditie si agatata de maretia stearsa a vechii Europe. Un chelner nevrotic tinde spre dorintele clientelei sale obisnuite - si neregulate. Aristocrati si artisti, vaduve instarite si antreprenori ticalosi, el observa toate dramele lor cu o inteligenta ascutita ca un cutit de filet. La masa zece sta impecabilul domnul Graham, cel mai pretentios dintre toti, asteapta cu nerabdare un invitat special.