Dimensions
129 x 196 x 18mm
In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend Lena and take a break from journalism, Roger Boyes agrees to escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside: a run-down schloss in deepest, darkest Brandenburg. Needing a form of income, they decide to set up a British B sB. Enter unhelpful Harry and his Trinidadian chef cousin, a mad Scot to advise them on re-banding Brandenburg, some suicidal frogs and a posse of mad tourists. It all culminates, naturally, in a cricket match between the Brits and the Germans on an old Russian minefield. AUTHOR: Roger Boyes has been a foreign correspondent for over thirty years. He is the Germany correspondent for The Times and author of the column ?My Berlin' in Tagesspiegel. SELLING POINTS: ?Will appeal to those who dream of escaping the rat race and moving to the countryside ?Roger Boyes' previous book, A Year in the Scheisse 9781840246483 has sold 15,000 copies to date
