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In It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina-and Real Greeks, the Mole family embarks on a search for a piece of Greek paradise. Dreaming of a whitewashed house with a blue door and shutters on an unspoiled island in a picturesque village, the Mole's are in for a surprise. With a beautiful view and a persuasive local prompt, the family impulsively purchases a tumbledown ruin on a hillside with no water, no electricity, no roof, no floor, no doors, no windows and twenty years of goat dung! In a charming saga of sun, sea, sand, and cement, John Mole's witty prose tells the tale of the labors around fixing up his own Arcadia; along with introducing readers to a warm, generous and garrulous cast of characters who help (and occasionally hinder) his progress. It's All Greek To Me! provides a glimpse of timeless rural Greece, and it is not to be missed!
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About the Author:
John Mole has had a varied international career, from banking in the USA and Athens to jacket potato restaurants in Russia. He is also a well-known author of comic novels, as well as the perennial bestseller It's All Greek to Me and I Was A Potato Oligarch. For more information, please visit his website at www.johnmole.com
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It's All Greek to Me!' represents travel writing at its best. Mole's descriptions of the people and places he encounters do for Greece what Peter Mayle did for France in his bestselling 'A Year in Provence' and Frances Mayes for 'Italy in Under the Tuscan Sun'.―www.greece.com
John Mole writes with clarity, honesty and humour...whether you are new to the country or share Mole's passion for all things Greek, this book offers an entertaining glimpse of life in rural Greece.―Saga Travellers News
A wonderful book about Greece, the Greek people and transitional island life with hilariously recounted misadventures. Mole is a brilliant comic writer - and generous humorist as well, for he doesn't just sketch the various mad characters and situations he encounters, he lampoons himself first and foremost.―Greece in Print
Anecdotes come thick and fast... Mole's affable style suits the subject, and his self-deprecatory tone is a bonus.―The Good Book Guide
It's All Greek to Me!' is John Mole's gentle tale of converting a stone ruin into a family home on the island of Evia, a fabulous insight into Hellenic village life.―Book of the Week, Daily Express
John Mole writes with clarity, honesty and humour...whether you are new to the country or share Mole's passion for all things Greek, this book offers an entertaining glimpse of life in rural Greece.―Saga Travellers News
A wonderful book about Greece, the Greek people and transitional island life with hilariously recounted misadventures. Mole is a brilliant comic writer - and generous humorist as well, for he doesn't just sketch the various mad characters and situations he encounters, he lampoons himself first and foremost.―Greece in Print
Anecdotes come thick and fast... Mole's affable style suits the subject, and his self-deprecatory tone is a bonus.―The Good Book Guide
It's All Greek to Me!' is John Mole's gentle tale of converting a stone ruin into a family home on the island of Evia, a fabulous insight into Hellenic village life.―Book of the Week, Daily Express
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- PublisherNicholas Brealey
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1857883756
- ISBN 13 9781857883756
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