It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina-and Real Greeks
John Mole, "It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina-and Real Greeks "
Nicholas Brealey Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 1857883438 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
Nicholas Brealey Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 1857883438 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
"A little whitewashed house with a blue door and blue shutters on an unspoilt island in a picturesque village next to the beach with a tavernaround the corner…" This was the dream of the Mole family in search of a piece of Greek paradise. But a beautiful view and a persuasive local prompted the impulsive purchase of: "A tumbledown ruin on a hillside with no roof, no water, no electricity, no roof, no fl oor, no doors, no windows and twenty years of goat dung…" In a charming saga of sun, sea, sand—and cement—John Mole tells of the back-breaking yet joyous labors of fi xing up his own Arcadia and introduces a warm, generous and garrulous cast of characters who helped (and occasionally hindered) his progress: "Welcome to our village. Meet Elpida who cures bad backs with araw egg… Ajax the canny, death-dealing butcher… beautiful Eleni yearning for Düsseldorf… Mole’s mutinous and frequently sceptical family… and Hector, their dog, a mutant specially bred to frighten little children, who met his destiny on Evia…"
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