Narrow Dog To Carcassonne

ISBN-13: 9780553816693 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 432 str.

Terry Darlington

Opis

Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phyllis May, 1600 miles across France and down to the Mediterranean, accompanied only by their whippet. 'Narrow Dog To Carcassonne' is a true story of high adventure.

Recenzje

A richly atmospheric journey suffused with summer heat and occasional cabin fever, reaching its climax on the flamingo-studded inland sea of the Camargue... The writing is as muscular and lean as its canine hero, conjuring up dawn mist or giant catfish in prose haiku before moving on to the next killer one-liner... A rich and winning comic debut, destined to become a classic of the downshifting genre Sunday Telegraph

O autorze

Terry Darlington was brought up in Pembroke Dock during the war, between a Sunderland flying boat base and an oil terminal.

He survived and moved to Staffordshire, where he founded Research Associates, the international market research firm, and Stone Master Marathoners, the running club.

Like many Welshmen he is talkative and confiding, but ill at ease with practical matters and liable to linger in public houses.

He likes boating but knows nothing about it.


Monica Darlington comes from Radnorshire.Her father was a gardener and her mother a housemaid, or perhaps it was the other way round.

She has a first class degree in French, has run thirty marathons, and can leap tall buildings with a single bound.

Her three children have all reproduced themselves, removing doubts about whether she and Terry are the same species.

She quite likes boating but knows nothing about it.

Brynula Great Expectations (Jim) is sprung from a long line of dogs with ridiculous names.

Jim can run at forty miles an hour.He is cowardly, thieving, and disrespectful and hates boating.

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