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A
Parrot in the
Pepper Tree
A Sort of Sequel to Driving Over Lemons
CHRIS
STEWART
"It
is everything that made the first book so hugely successful
– endearing, heartwarming, self-deprecating, sometimes
surreal."
William
Leith, Evening
Standard
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| Shortlisted
for the WH Smith Travel Book of the Year award 2003 |
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SEQUEL
TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, DRIVING OVER LEMONS
Chris
Stewart’s DRIVING OVER LEMONS told the story
of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras –
an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful
and real, the book became an international bestseller.
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PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives
of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë, as they get to
grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish
school life, neighbours in love, their amazement at Chris appearing
on the bestseller lists . . and their shock at discovering that
their beloved valley is once more under threat of a dam.
A Parrot in the Pepper Tree also looks back on Chris Stewart’s
former life – the hard times shearing in midwinter Sweden
(and driving across the frozen sea to reach island farms); his
first taste of Spain, learning flamenco guitar as a 20-year
old; and his illustrious music career, drumming for his schl
band Genesis (sacked at 17, he never quite became Phil Collins),
and then for a circus.
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| Chris
Stewart
prepared for life on a mountain farm in Spain with jobs of doubtful
relevance. After leaving Genesis (he drummed on the first album),
he joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, crewed a yacht
in Greece, went to China for the Rough Guides, gained a pilot’s
license in Los Angeles, and completed a course in French cking.
Despite the extraordinary success of his first two books, Chris,
Ana and their daughter Chlöe continue to live on their farm,
with their numerous dogs, cats, chickens, sheep and one misanthropic
parrot. |
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A
Parrot in the Pepper Tree
has
sold over 500,000 copies.
Chris Stewart reads his story on Penguin audiobooks.
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|  "He’s
pulled it off: this is as funny and charming as the first book."
Alasdair Palmer, Sunday Telegraph
"A GIANT FOR 2002. The chapters I saw were wonderful."
Sarah Broadhurst, The bookseller
"Chris Stewart’s story cannot be told too often."
The Times
"An unexpected gem of a book, written with a mix of insight
and self-deprecation that echoes Bill Bryson at his funniest."
Dundee Evening Telegraph & Post
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"Stewart
never patronises, he just observes . . . funny, generous and warm
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Sue Arnold, The Guardian
"A brilliant follow-up"
The Bookseller
"Easily the best and funniest of all those otherwise wearisome
expatriate diaries."
Independent on Sunday
"All quite delightful and slips down as easily as a small
bottle of Spanish Beer."
Giles Foden, Conde Naste Traveller |
Pub
date June
6th
2002
Launched at
Hay Literary Festival
ISBN 0-9535227-5-X |
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Price
£6.99
Format
240pp (B format)
Extent 240pp |
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