A Year in the Province
Appearance
Author | Christopher Marsh |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Beautiful Books |
Publication date | 2008 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 978-1-905636-67-9 |
OCLC | 187294636 |
A Year in the Province is a comic novel by Christopher Marsh. The book tells the story of Jesus Sanchez Ventura, who persuades his wife Begona and his three daughters to leave Andalusia for Belfast.[1] The book was well received by critics, with the BBC's Ian Sansom comparing Marsh to Flann O'Brien.[2] The book's title references the bestselling memoir by Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence.
The author
[edit]Christopher Marsh read history at Cambridge. He has since worked as an academic, publishing numerous historical titles, and since 1998 has been Reader in History at Queen's University, Belfast.
References
[edit]- ^ Marsh, Christopher (2008). A Year in the Province. Beautiful Books. ISBN 978-1-905636-67-9.
- ^ McDonald, Henry (25 May 2008). "Novel of life after the Troubles is cult hit". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 June 2008.