The Pheasants' Revolt - Couverture rigide

Viner, Brian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0750530685 ISBN 13 : 9780750530682

Editeur : Magna Large Print Books, 2009

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

In 2002, Brian and Jane Viner moved, with their three children, from a terraced house in north London to a rambling grange in rural north Herefordshire. Their first twelve months in the sticks were chronicled in hilarious detail in Viner's acclaimed Tales of the Country, and here is the eagerly awaited next instalment: a tale of scheming poltergeists, thieving holiday-cottage guests, runaway snakes, savagely slaughtered sheep and house-breaking pheasants - not quite the quiet country life envisaged when they left the city.
This is a story of a family bedding into their new life deep in the English countryside, related by a man desperate to embrace country ways while knowing that, despite his best efforts, he is destined always to seem more like a townie than a horny-handed son of the soil. When he spots an interesting mushroom while foraging in his small wood with a fungus expert, for example, the expert reveals the mushroom to be 'a dried-out cowpat'. Beware then, of letting Brian Viner cook you a mushroom risotto. But do let him take you on this uproarious journey through one of the most beautiful regions of England.
Praise for Tales of the Country
'Brilliant . . . Sparkles with anecdotes, good jokes and hilarious observations'
Daily Mail
'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
'Very funny . . . 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'
Mail on Sunday
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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In TALES OF THE COUNTRY, Brian Viner described how he and his family upped sticks from north London to deepest Herefordshire, chasing a rural idyll that, eventually, they caught up with. By the end of their first year at Docklow Manor, Brian was struck by how quickly they had adapted to their new life, and been adopted by their new friends and neighbours.
But wondering when they would stop being referred to by the locals as the 'buggers from off' paled into insignificance as they tried to develop some of the cottages attached to the manor as holiday lets. Neither Brian nor Jane had any experience in the tourist industry, and this quickly showed as they encountered their share of "Fawlty Towers"-type disasters -- and guests.
A wonderfully warm follow-up to the first volume, and full of the same delightful humour and digressions, THE PHEASANTS' REVOLT: MORE TALES OF THE COUNTRY brings us right up to date with the Viner family's trials and tribulations.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Magna Large Print Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0750530685
• ISBN 13: 9780750530682
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400