Acquired Tastes - Softcover

Mayle, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553371835 ISBN 13: 9780553371833

Publisher: Bantam, 1993

Synopsis

The author of A Year in Provence takes readers on an around-the-world journey, showing them where to find the best of everything, including caviar, custom-made shoes, and more. Reprint. K. NYT. PW. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Amazon.com description: Product Description: The author of A Year in Provence takes readers on an around-the-world journey, showing them where to find the best of everything, including caviar, custom-made shoes, and more. Reprint. K. NYT. PW. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo

About this title

Review:

"Mr. Mayle is a writer who never fails to entertain. If he were told to go forth and write about doorknobs, he would return with a witty, perceptive essay."--The New York Times Book Review

"One of the finest modern writers on matters that deal with taste."--Craig Claiborne

"Much, much fun--and best read with a magnum of Dom Pérignon and a four-pound tin of Beluga caviar."--Kirkus Reviews

"Witty and stylish . . . These hilarious essays are vintage Mayle."--James Villas, author of The French Country Kitchen

"This delightful celebration of the little (and not-so-little) extravagances that make life worth living scintillates with wit, brio and trenchant observations"--Publishers Weekly

"Intriguing."--Chicago Sun-Times

About the Author:

Peter Mayle is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including Acquired Tastes, A Year in Provence, and French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew. A recipient of the Légion d'Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he lives in Provence with his wife.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0553371835
• ISBN 13: 9780553371833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256