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Main Author: Mayle, Peter
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
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Truffles > Marketing > Fiction.
British > Monaco > Fiction.
Adventure stories > Monaco.
Humorous stories > Monaco.
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Physical Description:p. cm.
ISBN:0679441239 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Peter Mayle was born in Brighton, England on June 14, 1939. He began his career in advertising as a copywriter and rose to the executive ranks, but left advertising in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young adults. His educational books including Where Did I Come From? and What's Happening to Me?

His travel memoir, A Year in Provence, received the British Book Awards' Best Travel Book of the Year in 1990 and was adapted into a television mini-series. His other nonfiction books included Toujours Provence, Encore Provence, Provence A-Z, and French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew. His fiction books included The Marseille Caper, The Corsican Caper, and A Good Year, which was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Mayle died on January 18, 2018 at the age of 78.

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