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A Good Year

(Vintage)

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| Paperback | 9780375705625

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Book Description

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 thaContinue

Critics

A Good Year By Peter Mayle

Mayle's return to ProvencePeter Mayle's latest irresistible tale is sure to tantalize the legions of Francophiles and armchair travelers who have flocked to his earlier best-selling books. A Good Year is vintage Mayle, transporting us to sun-drenched ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

Peter Mayle–A GOOD YEAR

“You’ll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh… how much more enjoyable it is to win.”–Uncle Henry to Max as a child. Though this delightful aperitif of a nov ... (read full critics)

marywhipplereviews published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

1 Review

unfortunately I think I lost this book before I finished it, but it was interesting. The first one I liked more though.

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