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C'est La Folie | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Wright
Publisher: Bantam Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
Buy New: £2.24
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 7329
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0553817329
EAN: 9780553817324
ASIN: 0553817329
Publication Date: July 16, 2007
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Condition: In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Perfect escapism May 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My mum and dad had read Michael Wright's columns in the Telegraph and recommended this book to distract me when I was waiting for my 10 day late first baby. I throughly enjoyed it and spent lots of what could otherwise have been uncomfortable hours reading in the April sunshine.
I have lived in France myself and his portrayal of rural French life was full of touching, warm and funny moments, reminding me of everything that is good about France.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting some quality escapism. If Michael Wright isn't careful his books will have us all buying up our own little piece of "folie".
He's not crazy is Michael April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Daily Telegraph columnist Michael Wright left behind the easy life of London to `toughen-up' in Limousin, and this is his story.
The book charts his progress from theatre critic to rugged paysan, as he shepherds his sheep, chats with his chickens and tackles the renovation of his dilapidated home.
From his first days in France he has to take the initiative to ensure he becomes part of the local community, even if this means taking a beating in a local tennis tournament and drowning out the congregation with the church organ.
The journalistic skills of Michael come to the fore with his fun descriptions and passages of dialogue - his trip to the pharmacy to track down medication for one of his chickens is very funny.
Underlying the book is Michael's desire to change the life he was leading in London, which he has done not only by moving to France but also in expanding his writing.
Formidable! February 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I love Michael Wright's Telegraph column and so I bought him this book and he loved it and kept laughing out loud and then I read it and loved it too. It is beautifully written and full of humour and humanity and one laughs and cries with the characters both human and animal that are so well drawn and real. I would strongly recommend it to anyone and we can't wait for the sequel. Thank you Michael.
Superbe! January 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had never heard of Michael Wright prior to reading this book as 'one doesn't take the Telegraph'! However, it is a gorgeous little book about upping sticks and going for a complete change of life in France. It is warm, sad, funny and makes me want to get on a ferry right now! I am very much looking forward to a sequel which I believe is in the pipeline.
 The best "living the dream" book I've read. December 5, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a sucker for the Brits-going-to-live-in-France books, and have read dozens. This particular one though is very special.
Michael Wright buys a run-down farmhouse in the Limousin, and lives there alone while he tries to "find himself", and as he puts it "become a man". However, far from being a tedious stream of hippyish navel-gazing, this is amusing, informative up to a point, and yet contains moments of real pathos.
He has a very whimsical sense of humour, and some of his flights of fancy are positively surreal, but nonetheless he makes his house and the countryside and the people come alive for the reader - from his beloved animlas to the "piss-artists" in the local bar. It's all fabulous, and if you want to read more, go to the website and follow the serial story of Michael Wright and La Folie!
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