![]() ![]() But they all happen in such matter-of-fact surroundings that they don't jar with the rest of the plot at all. Talismans against bullies, incantations against attack, even some sequences (perhaps) of astral travel. There's magic too, in a low-key earthy sort of way. Surprisingly this works well the bottle-as-narrator is not intrusive, and most of the book is told from the third-person viewpoint of Jay. Wine is an important motif in the book - so much so that its narrator (in places) is, rather bizarrely, a bottle of wine. ![]() Joe taught Jay all he knows about plants and herbs, and also about preserving and wine-making. Interwoven between the modern plot are Jay's memories of 1975, when he was a rather fed-up teenager who befriended an elderly eccentric called Joe. Most of the novel revolves around his re-finding his writing muse, getting the farm into some kind of shape, and getting to know the neighbours.īut that's only the current (1999) side of the book. He's married to the ultra-smart and supercilious Kerry, but one day, on impulse, decides to buy an old farm in France - and then moves there, out of the blue. ![]() The plot of this novel revolves around Jay, a rather disillusioned writer who completed one brilliant book, years previously, and a great deal of junk fiction. ![]() Summary: A disillusioned writer makes an impulsive and life-changing decision short review: Jay buys an old farm in France on impulse, and learns to live again in his new surroundings. ![]()
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