"One of the most delightful travelogues imaginable...So vivid, so packed with delectable details, that it serves...as a more than decent substitute for the real thing."
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Tim Parks and his wife, Rita, came to their flat on the aging, eccentric Via Colombare in Montecchio twelve years ago for a short stay. There was trouble from the moment they moved in--under cover of night--and it has gone delightfully up and down hill ever since. In this amusing and loving tribute to the glorious country he has embraced, British novelist Tim Parks shares his secrets of survival, tales of the unexpected, and treasured friendships with new-found friends and Italian neighbors.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK