A Good Year
by Peter Mayle
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Author: Peter MayleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-03
ISBN: 0307277755
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Turned out to be a very pleasant surprise
Summary: 5 Stars
A few years ago, "A Good Year" was the first book by Peter Mayle that I've ever read. At first I didn't know whether I would love it or hate it with a passion because of the mixed reviews here on Amazon. Well, when I was finished, I found it to be a great read. With a mildly short amount of pages (about 300 total), this became a very relaxing experience. The plot is simple and not overly complex. It's not like Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities." Here, a thirty-something man named Max Skinner is struggling with his finances in London. His life slowly rotates 180 degrees as he discovers that he has inherited his uncle's vineyard in Provence, France. That's the main plot simply put. The characters are a bit flat (Christie Roberts can be used as an example), but all of them are fascinating nonetheless.
The plot does thicken sometime in the second half of the novel, otherwise this is a very light-hearted story with a very crisp flow. It became somewhat relaxing as I read this novel (I think the piano music that I played on my boombox in the background really helped). Try not to look for any excessive philosophical symbolisms, or any political and social commentaries. This is one of those books that makes the reader feel good.
Grade: A- (because of the few thin characters)
Summary of A Good Year
The writer with a claim to being the world?s foremost literary escape artist is back, with an intoxicating novel about the business and pleasure of wine, set in his beloved Provence.Max Skinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm and just as recently learned that he has inherited his late uncle?s vineyard in Provence. On arrival he finds the climate delicious, the food even better, and two of the locals ravishing. Unfortunately, the wine produced on his new property is swill. Why then are so many people interested in it? Enter a beguiling Californian who knows more about wine than Max does?and may have a better claim to the estate. Fizzy with intrigue, bursting with local color and savor, A Good Year is Mayle at his most entertaining.
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