Tales Of The Country - Couverture rigide

Viner, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0750530677 ISBN 13 : 9780750530675

Editeur : Magna Large Print Books, 2009

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

‘Very funny, yet underpinned by a genuinely touching honesty which makes it more than a collection of well-told stories and laugh-aloud jokes. There’s not a single dull page’
MICHAEL PALIN
'I will come around and burn your house down if you don't buy this book. I bellowed with laughter'
ALAN BLEASDALE
‘Brian Viner captures the essence of the countryside in a way only previously achieved by Thomas Hardy. Only kidding. It’s a very funny book, though’
JO BRAND
‘Warm, affectionate and very funny. I had a smile on my face all the way through, except when I was laughing out loud. And it made me want to move to the country tomorrow’
CRAIG CASH
‘Very, very funny, and moving too. A wonderful book’
ALAN BLEASDALE
'Sunny reading . . . a good natured and often amusing account of his family's first year in the sticks, after decamping from Crouch End'
VOGUE
' Very funny . . . Viner is just as hospitable with the reader was with his guests. Turning the last page, you feel you have been royally treated by a self-deprecating, hilarious host, with an eye for the local peculiarities that make England what it is'
Clive Aslet, MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Witty, not smug and warm rather than gooey. What saves Viner's book from tweeness is his genuine nice blokeishness and his willingness to be honest about himself and what he has taken on.' THE HERALD (Glasgow)
'Brian Viner's sparky book is . . . brilliant . . . To my surprise and delight, I found myself smirking, chortling and actually laughing aloud . . . In witty stream-of-consciousness ramblings Viner describes how he, Jane and their three children up sticks from cosmopolitan North London to move to rural Herefordshire . . . Viner's text sparkles with anecdotes, good jokes and hilarious observations about the human condition (particularly his own), but there is no escaping the fact that as a country dweller he's a bit of dilettante' Val Hennessy, DAILY MAIL
'Viner kept this reader amused . . . This book should really be kept by the country house bedside -- not only in Herefordshire -- and dipped into to cheer the spirits when mud, wet gundogs and intrusive mice might otherwise bring on a sense of humour failure' John Ure, TLS
'Country tales, anecdotes and real-life revelations that will make you laugh'
CHOICE magazine
'Gorgeous, terribly funny and truthfully observed, and containing a wonderful and gentle philosophy'
Joanna Lumley
‘The perfect stocking-filler’
Country Life, books of the year Dec Issue

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Brian Viner and his family had enjoyed much about their nice little middle-class patch of north London, but gradually realised they were suffering from a severe case of 'metropause' -- the desire to swap the hassles of London life for the serenity of the countryside. After a long search they found the house of their dreams in rural Herefordshire. But is country life all it's cracked up to be? More importantly, where *does* one go to get a decent cappuccino?
'A Year in Provence' with less sunshine but more laughs, TALES OF THE COUNTRY is a wonderfully entertaining and heart-warming account of the Viners' adjustment from town to country. Focusing on their first year in Herefordshire and the attendant misadventures with mice, ponies and septic tanks, not to mention some sceptical locals, it is a terrific blend of humour and memoir. Full of anecdote and character, and beautifully written, TALES OF THE COUNTRY is a superbly beguiling book about what is really important in life, and the joys and trials encountered along the road towards it.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Magna Large Print Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0750530677
• ISBN 13: 9780750530675
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352