Rene and Me

The Fox of Cotentin

George East (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

263 Seiten

1997
La Puce Publications (Verlag)
978-0-9523635-1-4 (ISBN)

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The second book in the Mill of the Flea series, continues the often farcical and always entertaining adventures of the author and his wife as they attempt to make a new life in rural France. As financial disaster looms, Rene & Me sees the author and his wife moving across the Channel to try and live off the land and their wits in an isolated corner of Normandy. They arrive at the ruined Mill of the Flea and embark on a series of hare-brained schemes as they struggle to come to terms with a very different culture. Then an unlikely ally arrives in the shape of wily countryman Rene Ribet, who offers to become their guide and mentor for what proves to be an unforgettable year - Told in the inimitable style which has already won the author an army of followers, Rene & Me is a sometimes hilarious, sometimes moving and always captivating celebration of human nature, people and above all, life and living.

George's eccentricity and sense of fun precedes him through life. If anyone should know his onions about France and the french it is George, as he has been writing humorous, yet affectionate stories of his adventures and travels in and around France for the past 20 years. In his previous life, before taking up travel writing, he has enjoyed a diverse career path which included pickled onion manufacturer, private detective, night club bouncer, demolition engineer and seamstress, the only professional bed-tester in history and in his eventful spell as a publican he won the title of Worst Landlord in Britain for two consecutive years. But early on in his working life he wrote for a young girls' photo story comic and at the other end of the spectrum for a racey mens' mag. Though, he first developed the writing bug as a young boy in school when his slightly near to the knuckle tales were sold to his peers for sweet money. George now lives near his place of birth in Hayling Island with his wife and dog in between his forays to foreign parts.

CONTENTS WINTER December 20th: December 21st: December 23rd: December 24th: December 25th: December 30th: January 11th: January 12th: January 16th: January 22nd: January 25th: February 5th: February 12th: February 13th: February 19th: February 25th: SPRING March 15th: March 17th: March 19th: March 21st: April 1st: April 2nd: April 5th: April 9th: April 14th: April 23rd: May 6th: May 7th: May 10th: May 11th: May 19th: May 20th: May 21st: SUMMER June 2nd: June 3rd: June 5th: June 7th: June 12th: June 13th: June 15th: June 20th: June 22nd: July 1st: July 2nd: July 13th: July 14th: July 15th: July 19th: July 21st: August 2nd: August 3rd: August 4th: August 7th: August 14th: August 17th: August 20th: August 27th: August 30th: August 31st: AUTUMN September 1st: September 5th: September 10th: September 13th: September 14th: September 15th: September 17th: Sept 19th: September 20th: September 21st: September 23rd: September 24th: September 25th (am): September 25th (pm): September 26th: October 3rd: October 4th: October 5th: October 8th: October 12th: October 14th: October 15th: October 16th October 17th: October 19th: October 20th: October 21st: October 25th: October 27th: November 4th: November 5th: November 11th: November 13th: November 15th: November 16th: November 19th: November 20th: November 25th: November 27th: November 29th: EPILOGUE December 21st: FRENCH LETTERS

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.1997
Reihe/Serie	Mill of the Flea ; 2
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, 1 col. port.
Verlagsort	Hayling Island
Sprache	englisch
Maße	125 x 200 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
ISBN-10	0-9523635-1-8 / 0952363518
ISBN-13	978-0-9523635-1-4 / 9780952363514
Zustand	Neuware