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A Good Year Introduction of the ebook: A Good Year
Đánh giá : 3.68 /5 (sao)
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 delici 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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Review ebook A Good Year
I picked up the book because I liked the movie so much. Well, other than the location and the names of the characters, there is very little similarity between the two, although both are equally enjoyable. The book is very witty – one funny statement from the book from vineyard caretaker Claude Roussel: “The English murder their meat twice: once when they shoot it, again when they cook it.” It brought to mind the time we ate at an English friend’s house and she broiled, then baked tenderloin file I picked up the book because I liked the movie so much. Well, other than the location and the names of the characters, there is very little similarity between the two, although both are equally enjoyable. The book is very witty – one funny statement from the book from vineyard caretaker Claude Roussel: “The English murder their meat twice: once when they shoot it, again when they cook it.” It brought to mind the time we ate at an English friend’s house and she broiled, then baked tenderloin filets (organic, grass-fed) until they were hockey pucks. The salad was very good, though.
It was a quick read – the perfect book to read on the way to and from New York City. It is thoroughly enjoyable with the quips and some of the antics. There is a love story or two looming in the background of the book, although a man does not write a love story (apparently) as well as a woman. But, I really liked the book and would recommend it to anyone who wants a witty quick read. …more
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