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Description of A Year Behind Bars

A Year Behind Bars is the 'prequel' to the Mill of the Flea series, and tells the story of one man's attempt to create the perfect pub. Having spent most of his free time in inns, taverns and good old-fashioned boozers, our fictional hero (who is quite like the author!), persuades his long-suffering wife to buy him a pub of his own for Christmas. Now, he thinks, he will be able to drink at cost price, and relax while entertaining customers and friends in his front room. Predictably, the scheme does not quite work out quite as planned.

Along with the diary of a memorable year of rude awakenings, near-catastrophic incident and continual farce, the book also contains a number of brilliant cartoons illustrating the funny side of pub life, a host of fascinating facts about the Great British Pub, and a fun quiz for readers to check out if they may be suited to a life behind bars. A must for everyone who has at some stage thought how nice it would be to run a cosy little pub.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Millions of people around the world have followed the small adventures of an English couple who realised a common dream and moved across the Channel to begin a new life in France. The Mill of the Flea series chronicles the sometimes bizarre situations and characters encountered by the author and his wife as they find, buy and restore a ruined water mill in a beautiful part of Lower Normandy while struggling to make ends meet - and come to terms with their role as the ultimate 'innocents abroad'. This much-loved series is sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant..and always immensely readable.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780952363552

Pages:

181 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

15968

Publisher:

La Puce Publishing

Published:

01/01/2001

Press and Industry Reviews

'When such experiences are presented by raconteur of George East's stature, few people could fail to ignore all else until the book is devoured to the very last page...'
- Living France Magazine

Here's what some of the tens of thousands of readers who have become 'Friends of the Flea' have to say about the series and its author:

"Absolutely enchanting!"
"I just couldn't stop laughing!"
"George East is a comic genius, and that's for sure!"
"Funny, sad, and always, always engaging!"
"So true about people and human nature, anywhere in the world.."
"Reading the Mill of the Flea books has been one of the greatest small pleasures in my life.."

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