Overview

If you visit France, or live there, or simply like to laugh, this collection of tales from determined francophile Barry Cornell will keep you in stitches. Make Mine a Kilowatt recounts the delights and disappointments, pleasures and pitfalls, surprises and shocks that await the unsuspecting Anglo Saxon who chooses to make his home across the Channel. It stumbles into topics as various as the French passion for eating the inedible, their often bizarre social customs, their sense of humour and of course their attitudes to the British. This is French life up close and personal, told in a series of hilarious episodes and unlikely adventures that mirror the author's experiences in trying to settle, survive and integrate into his local community in south-west France.

Full Product Details

Author:   Barry Cornell ,  Mike Evans
Publisher:   Mosaique Press
Imprint:   Mosaique Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781906852320

ISBN 10:   1906852324
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   10 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

8 Acknowledgements 10 Nine chips hungry 15 Be my guest 20 French chic 25 Operationment and assemblation instructings made easy 30 Living in a time warp 36 Off my trolley 42 Mistress required 46 Things that go squeak in the night 51 False friends 54 Location, location 61 The anomalous behaviour of water in the nought to four degrees celsius range 66 The lizard 69 Twitch your way through France 74 Nonplussed in France 78 Lyin' Air 85 Global warming 91 Who moved my Q? 94 Driven to distraction 99 Five across and three down 102 Boules: the roules 108 Whistle a happy tune 112 No more Mr Nice Guy 117 Le soleil 119 Christmas crackers 124 No andouillettes please, we're British 127 The joys of French bureaucracy 134 The lovely Samantha 138 They walk among us 144 Try putting some air round it 147 Follow the wibbly-wobbly road 155 Skidmarks 161 Christmas at Scotch Corner 165 We are sailing 170 Call me irresponsible too 178 You are what you eat 183 Living dangerously 189 God's little creatures 193 Wet wet wet 196 Macho? Moi? 199 Nil carborundum 204 I did it my way 209 Anyone for pizza? 213 Don't mention the You-Know-What

Reviews

...a real hoot. John Brain, Amazon If laughter promotes good health then 'Make Mine a Kilowatt!' should be freely available on the NHS! It deserves to be an enormous best seller and I can't wait for the sequel. Ansley Carter, Amazon What shines through all the hilarious incidents is the unique and quirky perspective of the author. This book is a real tonic. Anon, Amazon A very good book from an excellent writer. Funny, intelligent, honest. Well worth a read. Looking forward to his next one. Bryan S, Amazon A hilarious read - I couldn't put it down. A book to be revisited and the humour enjoyed all over again. Linda Nisbet, Amazon

Author Information

Barry Cornell was born at a very early age in a mining village in northern England where he grew up in the normal way, eventually graduating to long pants, long hair and aspirations of rock stardom. His early career in accountancy came to an abrupt end when he inadvertently dropped Lady Borg Ropner (deceased)'s Fourth Children's Settlement file down a toilet. He almost had a normal teaching career until he discovered learning difficulties and became the Head of a special school. He and his wife have lived in France since 2002, latterly in Haute Vienne which they describe to prospective visitors as the French Midlands, to put them off. Make Mine a Kilowatt is his first book. He is working on a sequel.

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