A Place in My Country: In Search of a Rural Dream

by Ian Walthew

Book Overview

Chasing memories of the losses of his brother and father, the author, a young newspaper director, and his Australian wife visit the Cotswolds.On a whim they buy a cottage and Ian resigns.They slowly get to know Norman, their inscrutable and apparently terrifying neighbor; Geoff, the ebullient landlord of their eclecticlocal barlast bastion against the encroaching gastropub; and Tom, an ex-gamekeeper, who lets Ian see something of a hidden rural culture.The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753823888
• ISBN13: 9780753823880
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"