Detour de France
An Englishman in Search of a Continental Education
(Sprache: Englisch)
The critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Fatty Batter is back with a hilarious tale of a Brit abroad.
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The critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Fatty Batter is back with a hilarious tale of a Brit abroad.
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Though happy enough with his lot, Michael Simkins has never truly shaken the nagging doubt - helpfully upheld by his partner Julia - that he somehow lacks worldly sophistication. While she spent her teenage years as a nanny on a boat moored at Cannes, his utter lack of travel experience (Weymouth, Cleethorpes and a day trip to Dieppe) still has the power to shock people into leaving dinner parties early.So as he hits middle-age, Michael takes up the challenge of broadening his horizons. He decides to improve himself in the same way English gentlemen lacking refined edges have for centuries: by learning from our more cultured French neighbours. Michael, an English provincial ingénue , sets off to discover just what the Gallic nation can teach him and the rest of us Anglo-Saxons about living the good life with equal parts élan and savoir-faire . Armed only with 50 Useful Phrases in French , he waits to see if his odyssey from La Manche to the Riviera will finally turn him from the scotch-egg eating spawn of Anne Widdecombe and John McCririck into the champagne-sipping love child of Serge Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve. Julia is saying a prayer for him at Lourdes.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Simkins
- 2009, 320 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Minerva, London
- ISBN-10: 0091927528
- ISBN-13: 9780091927523
Sprache:
Englisch
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