Vivir En Provenza Peter Mayle El autor nos deleita con divertidas anécdotas de contrabandistas que pasan la aduana con un bolso de viaje lleno de trufas, del hallazgo de un hombre cuya ambición es conseguir a toda costa que sus sapos canten la Marseillaise, de la busqueda de oro en el fondo del jardin, de las lecciones de pastis y de la lucha contra los incendios forestales.
"A joyous return to Peter Mayle country, a rollicking caper set on the Cote d'Azur and in the luscious landscape of Provence. Bennett, an English expatriate living in France, has champagne tastes and a vin ordinaire bankroll. He has abandoned a successful career and found an ideal village in which to idle. But when a business scheme fails to work out, he finds himself broke. Not a man to be downhearted, he places an advertisement in the International Herald Tribune volunteering his services-anything considered. The most attractive response comes from a rich Englishman named Julian Poe, who has developed a means of producing superb truffles and is close to cornering the lucrative truffle market. Bennett signs on and -- bliss! -- he finds himself in Monaco and able to live in a style to which he has wished to become accustomed. But soon -- sniffing the financial potential of the truffle -- Sicilian and Corsican Mafiosi intrude. Life gets somewhat hectic. Ham-fisted goons, gendarmes working at cross-purposes, French village busybodies, and an order of Monks dedicated to the god Bacchus all play a role in a surprising and satisfying denouement. A generous, delicious serving of vintage Mayle." ...
