A Piano in the Pyrenees
A Piano in the Pyrenees: The Ups and Downs of an Englishman in the French Mountains Tony Hawks,
Publisher: Random House UK
ISBN: 0091903335
DDC: 944.73084092
Edition: Paperback; 2007-10-01
Summary:
The eagerly awaited hilarious new adventure from bestselling author
Tony Hawks.Inspired by breathtaking views and romantically dreaming
of finding love in the mountains, Tony Hawks impulsively buys an
idyllic house in the French Pyrenees. And here, he imagines, he will
finally fulfil his childhood fantasy of mastering the piano, all the
while overlooking spectacular views as the troubles of the world pass
him by unnoticed. However, Tony’s hopelessly ill-prepared stumbling
into the world of overseas home ownership is perhaps best read as a
useful manual of how not to go about buying a house abroad. He flirts
with the removal business in a disastrous attempt to take his piano
over to France; foolishly elects to build a swimming pool himself;
and he finds himself co-habiting, not with a beautiful French woman,
but with his old mate Ron the builder from West London.Yet as Tony
and his small group of friends haplessly attempt to integrate
themselves into local village life, they learn more about themselves
and each other than they ever thought possible.
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