Life is never simple for PR consultant Anna Nicholas as she attempts to cut loose her ties with London for a more mañana existence in rural Mallorca with her family. Despite nearing her dream to open a cattery, she is thrown off course by the abduction of her beloved toad, a scorpion infestation, getting lost in the hills and a growing fixation with ancient goats. Meanwhile in London she’s coping with loopy new clients – an amorous rock climber, a Bulgarian transvestite couturier and a couple of warring designers. Witty, pithy and brimming with memorable characters, Goats From A Small Island is Anna’s third book about working between two places and a delightful tribute to Mallorca’s rich and varied way of life.
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'beautifully written and highly entertaining' --The Mirror
'... has a tremendous gift for descriptive writing' --Nicholas Parsons
'... has a tremendous gift for descriptive writing' --Nicholas Parsons
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Anna Nicholas has done it again. Her third book in her sequence about living two lives, as a resident of sun-drenched Mallorca, and a PR mover and shaker in Mayfair and beyond, is as joyful, hilarious and as full of quirky insights as its predecessors.
Except, what makes this book a clever departure from the other two, is Anna's passionate foray in to archaelogy, focusing on Myotragus the miniature goat, who scampered over Mallorcan wastes in ancient times. Anna's respectful evocation of Dorothea Bates's discovery of the enigmatic creature is moving and entertaining in equal measure, and adds depth and contrast to Anna's own, and continuing voyage of discovery.
Whilst Myotragus is the wonderfully offbeat focus of the book, we can also delight along the way at the progress towards completion of Anna's hotel for cats, which, with the emphasis on creatures very much alive today (!), and mewing for bed and board and plenty of stroking whilst their owners are away on holiday, provides feline counterpoint to the archaelogical storyline.
But let's not forget the richly varied, at times hilarious, human menagerie which always makes reading Anna Nicholas such a treat. From sultry, sulky models who are refusing to do a swimming pool dive during a photoshoot for fear that their dyed blonde hair will turn green, to highly exacting cross-dressing clients, to her ever-smiling, long-suffering "Scotsman" who takes furtive refuge in smoking his beloved "puros", and an overweight Mallorcean postman who insists on taking up jogging alongside our heroine, this book is a constant source of entertainment, and a fund of delicious anecdotes.
But beneath all the surface humour and good fun, Anna can still movingly remind us of the eternities that came before, as Myotragus paced around the island chomping on the vegetation of his day; and the eternities in worlds beyond, as her son Ollie gazes at the stars in awe on a summer's night, through a battered astronomical telescope.
Except, what makes this book a clever departure from the other two, is Anna's passionate foray in to archaelogy, focusing on Myotragus the miniature goat, who scampered over Mallorcan wastes in ancient times. Anna's respectful evocation of Dorothea Bates's discovery of the enigmatic creature is moving and entertaining in equal measure, and adds depth and contrast to Anna's own, and continuing voyage of discovery.
Whilst Myotragus is the wonderfully offbeat focus of the book, we can also delight along the way at the progress towards completion of Anna's hotel for cats, which, with the emphasis on creatures very much alive today (!), and mewing for bed and board and plenty of stroking whilst their owners are away on holiday, provides feline counterpoint to the archaelogical storyline.
But let's not forget the richly varied, at times hilarious, human menagerie which always makes reading Anna Nicholas such a treat. From sultry, sulky models who are refusing to do a swimming pool dive during a photoshoot for fear that their dyed blonde hair will turn green, to highly exacting cross-dressing clients, to her ever-smiling, long-suffering "Scotsman" who takes furtive refuge in smoking his beloved "puros", and an overweight Mallorcean postman who insists on taking up jogging alongside our heroine, this book is a constant source of entertainment, and a fund of delicious anecdotes.
But beneath all the surface humour and good fun, Anna can still movingly remind us of the eternities that came before, as Myotragus paced around the island chomping on the vegetation of his day; and the eternities in worlds beyond, as her son Ollie gazes at the stars in awe on a summer's night, through a battered astronomical telescope.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By B. Frei
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Goats from a Small Island is unputdownable! Highly amusing, informative and beautifully written: it's as good as a holiday on sunny Mallorca. This brilliant book solves all my Christmas present problems.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Well that girl from Mallorca has done it again! What a joyful and super-amusing book, happily sustaining the pleasure of the two earlier ones. The words just jump off the page, and are so beautifully written that it can only be a matter of time before the author delivers us some fiction too.
Nicholas has the uncanny knack of bringing alive day-to-day life on her beloved Island and transmitting it to us so that we share it and its wonderful characters with her. London life for our ever-active author adds other most diverting episodes.
What a vibrant and delightful read, highly recommended to all!
Nicholas has the uncanny knack of bringing alive day-to-day life on her beloved Island and transmitting it to us so that we share it and its wonderful characters with her. London life for our ever-active author adds other most diverting episodes.
What a vibrant and delightful read, highly recommended to all!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Somewhat Disappointing
Rather than focus on the Mallorcan way of life and the issues connected with settling on the Island this book featured far too much on the writer herself. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bippo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goats from a Small Island
Most enjoyable relaxing read - could almost smell the wild herbs and feel the warmth. Really brings the characters to life
Published 2 months ago by Christine Laidlaw
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goats from a small Island
I have read the whole series of Anna's books on Mallorca and they are such a good read. I have always loved to holiday in Mallorca and found the people extremely friendly. Read more
Published 2 months ago by TREVOR JOY
1.0 out of 5 stars
Easily the worst book I've read in at least 10 years
Author wallows in self gratificational (yes I invented a new word to describe how bad this book is) tosh. Read more
Published 20 months ago by The Angry Pirate
5.0 out of 5 stars
More notes from Mallorca
I've read one of previous books and saw "Goats from a Small Island" Ho Ho, jokey title and it's genuinely amusing. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Woodland Worker
3.0 out of 5 stars
Spinning a short story into a very long one.
Spinning a short story into a very long one.
When I come across a new author I always want to like them as it will open up a whole new experience. Read more
When I come across a new author I always want to like them as it will open up a whole new experience. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2010 by Peter Wade
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anna Nickolas`s is great.
I have read all three of Anna Nickolas`s books and just loved them all.
I cant wait for her next one.
I cant wait for her next one.
Published on 7 Sep 2009 by L. S. Glaze
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goats from a small island
I love all Anna Nicholas's books and this is the best so far. It reads like a letter to a friend and is full of chatty asides and quirky people, where does she find them? Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2009 by Barneys mum
5.0 out of 5 stars
MMM3
In my review of Anna's second Mallorca Mayfair Mix (MMM) I looked forward to MMM3 but thought I might have to wait as I understood a novel was the next project. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by Leonard Pearcey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anna has done it again
Yes - Anna has done it again. As the last two books were, this is an excellent book on Mallorcan life which i have already read twice in 3 weeks. Read more
Published on 29 July 2009 by Mike
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