Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence **Signed**
by Mayle, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679402292
- ISBN 13
- 9780679402299
- Seller
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carson city, Nevada, United States
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Synopsis
Peter Mayle spent fifteen years in the advertising business, first as a copywriter and then as a reluctant executive, before escaping Madison Avenue in 1975 to write educational books for children. In 1990, Mr. Mayle published A Year in Provence , which became an international bestseller. He is also the author of Encore Provence , Toujours Provence , A Dog's Life , Anything Considered and Chasing Cezanne . In addition to writing books which have been translated into more than twenty languages, Mayle has contributed to the Sunday Times, Financial Times, Independent, GQ and Esquire. He and his wife and two dogs live in the South of France.
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- Bookseller
- All-Ways Fiction (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017032
- Title
- Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence **Signed**
- Author
- Mayle, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679402292
- ISBN 13
- 9780679402299
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
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