An Englishman à la Campagne

After the acclaimed and hilarious An Englishman in Paris, Sadler is back for more. The Parisien now wants to be a paysan, but it's easier said than done . . .How do you plant leeks in cement-hard French soil, impress Gallic neighbours with your non-existent gardening credentials and survive a seven-hour celebratory communion lunch (followed by dinner)? What skills are required to cope with suicidal French mice (souricide?), resist the advances of an attractive but desperate lady cheese-maker during an English lesson, buy wine from Mr Grump the grower, and - last but not least - stoop so low as to snap up the plastic trophy in the annual garden competition?In the wonderfully warm and witty An Englishman à la Campagne, Sadler broadens his affectionate embrace to include the myriad facets of the French countryside, making you laugh and making you love the place . . . even Donges, which won first prize in his competition for the grottiest village in France.'Here is a man who can make traffic seem funny and interesting, whose self-deprecating style leaves you no room to dislike him'PunchPOCKETTravel Writing0 7434 9240 4£6.99Biographie de l'auteurMichael Sadler is a writer and academic. Born in Lewes, he now lives in Paris, where he teaches an MA course in Contemporary French Studies at the British Institute. He is married with one daughter and grows his own leeks.