The Grand Life: Confessions of an Old School Hotelier in the Digital Age

A funny, moving and heartfelt memoir of social upheaval from postwar Britain to the digital age.

Patrick Langley Griffin OAM grew up in the post war years of a gloomy Britain in the 40s and 50s and his career spanned fifty years as a hotelier in Grand hotels across the UK, Europe and Australia. His memoir is filled with characters famous, infamous and hitherto unknown. From his first star encounter with Charlie Chaplin, the memoir is overflowing with tales of film stars, rock legends, celebr...