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A Good Year (Vintage) (Paperback)

by Peter Mayle (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition (14 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375705627
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375705625
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 527,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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BON APPETIT! * 'Charming and refreshingly unpretentious' - Mail on Sunday * 'Delightful, amusing and appealing, a merry celebration of sensual pleasures' - New York Times Book Review --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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`A page-turner that guarantees readers won't want to leave his world' --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Super page turner, 22 Jun 2007
By J. Hagerty (Twickenham) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Good Year (Paperback)
This story takes Max from an empty, self destructive life in London to the south of France and a lifestyle worth fighting for. We meet loads of interesting people on the way and discover loads about the wine trade.

I found A Good Year a great page turner. A simple, easy to follow plot, wonderful characters / caricatures, perfect length and best of all the marvellous sunshine.

I recommend this book to be read on a garden bench with a glass of crisp chilled white wine.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dream yourself into Provence, 22 May 2005
By Stefano Holguin "Leyendo desde" (Norway) - See all my reviews
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A book that will put you in a good mood. Well written and very entertaining. Gives you a feeling of vacation and peace that makes you want to continue on reading and disappear in his world close to Avignon.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another great work from Mayle, 30 Aug 2004
This review is from: A Good Year (Hardcover)
I think it's going to be incredibly difficult for Mayle to better Hotel Pastis, but this is definitely a book along similar lines. I've been inspired to comment because at present I can only see bad reviews on this page, which simply don't do justice to this great read.

I think this is Mayle's fourth fiction, following Hotel Pastis, Anything Considered and Chasing Cézanne, and I was very glad to see he's still writing in 2004. If you've read them all, it is easy to see the similarities between the characters in each story. There's always the hard-done-by English ex-pat, the love interest, usually a housekeeper or similar, a life-long friend and a handful of other rogues along for the journey. This story is no different, only that the base this time is a vinyard, rather than a hotel, an apartment or flat in Monte Carlo. The tale is primed, as usual, with the twists and turns we've come to expect from Mayle, uncovering criminal activity that somehow bumbles into them, and the ensuing chase that always proves to be amusing.

All in all, this is definitely worth buying if your're looking for a light, sweet, and thoroughly amusing tale that loves to twist and keep you on your toes. It might do a little for your french too!

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Good Year
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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money
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