COMING, SIR I - - By Dave - Marlowe •
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Since he was fourteen Mr. MarloWe (being still g waiter he uses an assumed name) has been serving other people with food and drink. Now he breaks the polite silence he has kept—more or less-, for many -Years, and every eater-out should be made to listen. If he once begins Coning, Sir ! (Harrap, 8s. 6d.) he will need no urging. Mr. Marlowe writes with a swing—vividly and, some- times, angrily. And well he might. Of all thankless jobs, that of the waiter and steward is about the wsirst, especially in contrast with its usually pompous circum;- :.tances. The author served as steward on the ' Queen Mary.' He worked eighteen hours a day, walked miles ate his meals standing up, and slept with twenty-five others in a small " glory hole " over the screws. Mr. Marlowe is tough, but one voyage was enough. Apart froth its value as an exposure of the working conditions of waiters and stewards, this book is as exciting and varied as any recent autobiography of its type, for the author has worked in many parts of the world, in speak-easies, luxury hotels, tramps and liners..
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