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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.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Jared Ackerman
reviewed Piano in the Pyrenees: The Ups and Downs of an Englishman in the French Mountains on January 27, 2008
Piano in the Pyrenees
Reading a book by Tony Hawks is always a fun day an a half. There is nothing about them that causes the job to be drawn out, a few things about them that cause me to think, and a good deal about them that cause me to laugh and enjoy myself. (Not to mention that I get to spend a good 3 or 4 conversations per book saying "No, that's Tony Hawk -- no 's' -- and this Tony Hawks doesn't skate board".)
As an author he takes a voice that I hope isn't too different from his actual voice: not too serious, a bit more than a bit sarcastic, and one that can easily weave together reoccurring punchlines. The result is two-fold: he is able to create whimsical non-fiction narratives and I am now convinced that he would be the perfect person to meet in a pub on an average night in Sussex.
The book is about his adventures buying, moving into and living in a house in the French Pyrenees. It includes a bit of deciding to settle down and find someone to love, a whole lot of misunderstandings, and a village full of French characters. I enjoyed my Saturday reading it: I laughed a good deal and found myself going to bed with dreams of my own little house on the continent that I could escape to with my friends and loved ones.
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