A Good Year
by Peter Mayle
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Author: Peter MayleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-14
ISBN: 0375705627
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: I just got back from the south of France
Summary: 5 Stars
I was in a lovely little French village, the sun danced over the lush fields of grapes, I sat and savored my glass of local wine in the shade outside a little cafe as I watched old men playing boules on the village green despite the heat. At least this charming little story made me feel that I had been.
As the story begins Max Skinner is a young up and coming go getter in the London business scene. When he unexpectedly loses his job Max wonders what he will do now and then he gets his second big surprise of the day, his uncle has died and left Max his farmhouse and vineyard in the south of France. At first all Max could think was that he could take a short break, sell the property and land another London job but after a short time in the quiet little village Max finds his thoughts of his London life fading and the absurd idea of his former brother-in-law about going into the wine business growing more appealing. Too bad the wine his vineyard produced was terrible. Max found himself growing more enchanted with the quite little village and the lovely relaxed life he found there. Now if he could just figure out how to stay there.....
This is a charming little story, not serious literature meant to reveal great truths but nice diversion to pass a few hours. There are holes in the plot big enough to drive a truck through, the reader will probably figure out the ending at least halfway through and most of the characters are rather one dimensional stock characters. And still the story is capable of transporting me to the summery French countryside despite the cold wind blowing snow outside as I read in between loads of laundry.
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.Literary Books
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