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PUBLISHED
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1991
©1991
©1991
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780679736042, 0679736042 :, 0679402535, 9780679402534, 0679736042, 9780679736042
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The charms of rustic Provence, as savored by a London advertising man who moved there
CONTENTS
Les Invalides --
English Ecrevisse --
Boy --
Passing 50 Without Breaking the Speed Limit --
Singing Toads of St. Pantaleon --
No Spitting in Chateauneuf-du-Pape --
Buying Truffles from Monsieur X --
Napoleons at the Bottom of the Garden --
As Advertised in Vogue --
Mainly Dry Periods, with Scattered Fires --
Dinner with Pavarotti --
A Pastis Lesson --
Flic --
Mouthful for Mouthful with the Athlete Gourmet --
Fashion and Sporting Notes from the Menerbes Dog Show --
Inside the Belly of Avignon --
Postcards from Summer --
Arrest That Dog! --
Life Through Rose-Tinted Spectacles