Idle In ProvenceEric IdleLabel: Ebury PressDescription: 'Enchanting and hilarious' Stephen FryIn 1971 two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars - and made all their lives a little more complicated - Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France.In search of a simpler quieter life what followed was a story akin to A Year in Provence but with more disaster more heartbreak more laughs - and much more spam.A tale spanning a fifty-year quest of home-building friendship-making and bad-French-learning Idle in Provence is a hilarious tender and unforgettable memoir of Eric Idle's very own escape to the country.
