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Mayle, Peter. A Year in Provence
London : Pan 1990 0-330-31236-7 / 9780330312363 Paperback Very Good
The author describes his first 12 months in Provence, after he and his wife have abandoned England for an 18th-century farmhouse in the Luberon Mounta ins. Throwing themselves into the life of this rural region, they master th e local customs, gain partial understanding of their neighbors' patois, ove rcome the frustrations of French bureaucracy, and learn to deal with workme n who operate on the idiosyncratic Provencal sense of time. In nimble prose , Mayle, columnist for GQ , captures the humorous aspects of visits to mark ets, vineyards and goat races, and hunting for mushrooms. Even donating blo od is an occasion for fun. The Provencal cuisine is Mayle's leitmotif, howe ver. He opens with an account of a memorable New Year's lunch, ends with an appreciation of an impromptu Christmas dinner, and describes just about ev ery meal eaten during the months in between. His adventures, gastronomic an d otherwise, are thoroughly entertaining.
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Mayle, Peter A Year in Provence
Pan February 12, 19 0-330-33091-8 / 9780330330916 Paperback Very Good
A personal description of Provencal life as seen through the eyes of the au thor and his wife when they move into an old farmhouse at the foot of the L uberon mountains between Avignon and Aix.
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Mayle, Peter A Year in Provence
Hamish Hamilton February 15, 19 0-241-13361-0 / 9780241133613 Hardcover Very Good
Peter Mayle's account of his escape from the grey skies of London to the in finitely more appealing prospect of Menerbes in Provence. It has now been m ade into a BBC TV series starting early 1993 with John Thaw and Lyndsay Dun can.
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Mayle, Peter Acquired Tastes
Bantam April 1, 1993 0-553-37183-5 / 9780553371833 Paperback Very Good+
On assignment for GQ (where these tonic pieces first appeared), Mayle salli ed forth to sample the little luxuries of the richest, the best that life i s reputed to offer. With unabashed gusto he praises good cigars, grand hote ls, Parisian bistros, second homes, antiques and fresh truffles. With swank savvy he reviews the advantages and drawbacks of servants, the pleasures a nd costs of mistresses. His excursions comprise an informal buyer's guide t o single-malt whiskies, pure Mongolian cashmere, deluxe shirts and hand-mad e London shoes. For ballast, Mayle ( A Year in Provence ) presents curmudge only diatribes on lawyers, tipping, New Year's resolutions, writers' gripes , Christmas ("the universal expensive habit") and Manhattan's giddy spendin g opportunities. This delightful celebration of the little (and not-so-litt le) extravagances that make life worth living scintillates with wit, brio a nd trenchant observations on the best and the second-rate.
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Mayle, Peter Toujours Provence
Pan Books Ltd April 24, 1992 0-330-31947-7 / 9780330319478 Paperback Very Good+
Editorial Reviews A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: After writing A Year in Provence , Mayle and his family have made themselves at home in the Midi, as these new tales reveal. The British author infuses his adventures with natural humor, whether the subject is larking with Provencal pals, an epicurean diner sur l'herbe , the tangy wine of the countryside, a concert by Pavarotti. Each account is pure enchantment. But Mayle exhibits anger too, particularly when reporting on the undetectable wretch who sets fires impossible to contain during the season of the mistral. Overall, however, the book features the satisfactions of life with good friends and fresh discoveries in that lovely part of France. Reading about them is the next best thing to being in the Midi, where almost "every prospect pleases."
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Mayle, Peter Toujours Provence
Penguin Books Ltd 28 Jun 2001 0-14-100106-2 / 9780141001067 Paperback Very Good+
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: From vantage points as varied as the Cannes Film Festival, the "caves" at Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the Menerbes Dog Show, this book shows that life in Provence is not quiet and uneventful. All kinds of characters are depicted: estate agents, a gendarme, reporters from "Vogue" and the tourists.
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MAYLE, PETER Toujours Provence (Vintage Departures)
Vintage June 2, 1992 0-679-73604-2 / 9780679736042 Paperback Very Good
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: For fans of his A Year in Provence "Best Books of 1990,", Mayle is back with more amusing tales of "la vie en rose" in the south of France. Writing with affectionate humor, he recounts such adventures as sneaking through British customs with a suitcase full of expensive truffles and digging for gold coins in his backyard with his wily and greedy neighbor. He encounters truly French eccentrics like Regis, the athlete gourmet who wears a track suit to enjoy his meals, and the ambitious Monsieur Salques, the choirmaster of the singing toads of St. Panteleon who plans to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution with an amphibian rendition of the "Marseillaise." Describing a memorable 50th-birthday picnic that ends in a sudden rainstorm, Mayle conjures up hilarious images in vivid prose: "Showing through a pair of once-white, once-opaque trousers, red-lettered knickers wished us all Merry Xmas."
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