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Title: BLUE SKIES & BLACK OLIVES
A SURVIVOR'S TALE OF HOUSEBUILDING AND PEACOCK CHASING IN GREECE
By: John Humphrys, Christopher Humphrys, John Humphrys
Format: Downloadable audio file

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ISBN 10: 1844567818
ISBN 13: 9781844567812
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION
Pub. date: 1 October, 2009
Edition: Unabridged
Description: Radio 4 Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys' funny and touching memoir of building his home in Greece with his son Christopher.
Synopsis: It was a moment of mad impulse when John Humphrys decided to buy a small house and a plot of land overlooking the Aegean. All it took was an afternoon. His son Christopher - a professional musician - was already raising his family there. It would be so simple and enjoyable to build a beautiful home from home where they could all spend time together. In fact it would test John to his limits and bring difficulties of Olympian proportions. When a neighbourly dispute began over the ownership of an olive tree in the middle of a grove of thousands, John was plunged not only into the impenetrable laws of Greek landholding, but into the centre of Greek life. When local lore didn't defy all understanding, it had its funny side. And, for Christopher, it revived keen memories of the character of the man who loomed so large throughout his childhood. Here father and son chart their odyssey in a book which captures a country, a people, a unique bond, and a dream...
Publication: UK
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton Audio
Returns: Returnable
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