A Good Year (novel)

A Good Year
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Author(s) Peter Mayle
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publication date 2004

A Good Year is a 2004 novel by English writer Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence and Chasing Cézanne. The story follows Max Skinner, a London stockbroker, who loses his job before finding out that he inherited a vineyard in France from his late uncle Henry.

The idea for the book emerged from discussions Mayle had with his Provence neighbour, director Ridley Scott, who had interest in a cross-cultural fish-out-of-water comedy about an Englishman transplanted to Provence.[1] In 2006 Scott adapted the book into a film starring Russell Crowe.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ridley Scott, Marc Klein (2007). Audio commentary. A Good Year DVD.
  2. ^ Hall, Sandra (11 November 2006). "A Good Year". The Sydney Morning Herald. 


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