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The fifth in Bond's series about Aristide Pamplemousse, France's premier gourmet guide, begins with a mission right up his allee. Once more, however, a fairly simple task grows into an escapade for M. Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites, his smart little dog. They are driving to Port St. Augustin where Aristide is to advise on epicurean treats offered VIPs on a dirigible flying from France to England, reaffirming the entente cordiale signed by the two nations in 1904. Nothing must fail, but M. show more Pamplemousse senses threats to the great occasion even before arriving in the seacoast town. A group of oddly behaving nuns; a near-fatal fall by Yasmin, the trapeze artist at the local circus; the snubbing from Aristide's old friend, a British detective; and other events plant suspicions that turn the gastronome into his former self as inspector of police in Paris. The funny, exciting mystery will delight readers who may weep with envy of the feasts that are ordinary fare for M. Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites.. show less
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Okay, I love the entire Pamplemousse (which means grapefruit) series. Pamplemousse is a critic for Le Guide, which gives awards (like its "competitor" the Michelin Guide), to various restaurants. This requires Pamplemousse, and his bloodhound Pommes Frites, to travel across France and eat at fine restaurants where a mystery just happens to occur. Very witty, sometimes some very funny and wry sexual references. The author also writes the Paddington Bear children's books.
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Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England on January 13, 1926. He dropped out of school at the age of 14. During World War II, he served in both the Royal Air Force and the British Army. He sold his first short story in 1945 to the magazine London Opinion. Over the next decade, he had numerous short stories published and radio show more plays performed. After the war, he joined the BBC Radio and later worked for BBC-TV as a cameraman from 1947 to 1965. He gave his wife a teddy bear for Christmas in 1956. She it named Paddington after the London train station near their home. His first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was published in 1958. He became a full-time author in 1965. He wrote more than 25 Paddington books including Paddington Here and Now and Paddington's Finest Hour. He chronicled his life with Paddington in his autobiography, Bears and Forebears. His other works included A Day by the Sea, Something Nasty in the Kitchen, and Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint. He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1997 and then a commander of the order in 2015, for services to children's literature. He died after a short illness on June 27, 2017 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1989
- People/Characters
- Aristide Pamplemousse; Pommes Frites (dog)
- Important places
- Paris, France
- First words
- Pommes Frites saw it first; a small object shaped like a sausage and about the size of a double magnum of champagne.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Monsieur', he said innocently, 'on such a night as this anythting is possible. Tell me the worst.'
- Disambiguation notice
- This book is NOT the same as "Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat". Please check your book to make sure which one you have.
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- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
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