Great condition of book, great packaging and delivery time. Will watch for this seller next purchase.

I found Peter Mayle's latest effort to be boring, predictable and rather juvenile. The Provence well seems to have finally dried up.

Rather dull account of a man's transition from the corporate rat race of London to vineyard owner in Provence. The characters are all likable enough but I found the writing fell short, especially in the descriptions of the land and wine and food...all the things that make France so memorable.I am rather perplexed that such mediocre fare would interest Hollywood enough to translate this to a movie.A far better look at wine and the men who love it can be found in Sideways..both the book and the movie.

While still a lighthearted, fun read, this book disappoints on many levels. Too much focus on plot, not enough on the characters. Why hadn't Max seen his uncle in years? And was the California cousin really necessary? It would have been more interesting for Max to figure out the deception on his own. And the scant attention paid to the sting operation and the criminals' impluasibly quick exit left much to be desired. For a much better Mayle novel of this type, read Chasing Cezanne.

That must have been what Mayle was going through when writing "A Good Year." I was looking for a light read, but this is pure shlock. It inspired too many moans of dismay at the predictable plot, the paper-thin characters, and the poor writing for it to be in any way entertaining. Mayle must have spent a whole seven days writing this. Don't waste your money.

Repetitious character...bordering on unemployment, single, loves wine, ends up in Provence. Sluggish plot. What a disappointment.