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Radio 4 Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys' funny and engaging memoir of building a home in Greece with his son Christopher.

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a very funny tome * Daily Telegraph *
hilarious * Daily Mail *
a profoundly instructive course in the idiosyncrasies of Greek law, custom and culture...entertainingly chronicled * Saga *
A sparky, funny, exasperated story that brings Humphrys and his family together in trying but also tender circumstances. * Iain Finlayson, Times *
'John Humphrys was born to be combative... His cellist son Christopher acts as a gentle foil. Between them they amusingly blend the genres of misery memoir and Mediterranean escapist idyll * FT Weekend *
Entertaining * The Lady *
hilarious * Independent on Sunday *

Blue Skies Black Olives

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    A Paperback / softback by John Humphrys

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: 01/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9780340978849, 978-0340978849
      ISBN10: 0340978848
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Radio 4 Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys' funny and engaging memoir of building a home in Greece with his son Christopher.

      Trade Review
      a very funny tome * Daily Telegraph *
      hilarious * Daily Mail *
      a profoundly instructive course in the idiosyncrasies of Greek law, custom and culture...entertainingly chronicled * Saga *
      A sparky, funny, exasperated story that brings Humphrys and his family together in trying but also tender circumstances. * Iain Finlayson, Times *
      'John Humphrys was born to be combative... His cellist son Christopher acts as a gentle foil. Between them they amusingly blend the genres of misery memoir and Mediterranean escapist idyll * FT Weekend *
      Entertaining * The Lady *
      hilarious * Independent on Sunday *

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