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Corkscrew
The highly improbable, but occasionally true, tale of a professional wine buyer
Taschenbuch von Peter Stafford-Bow
Sprache: Englisch

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Finalist in the People's Book Prize 2018
Felix Hart, a tragic orphan, is expelled from school, cast onto the British high street, and forced to make his way in the cut-throat world of wine retailing. Thanks to a positive mental attitude, he is soon forging a promising career, his sensual adventures taking him to the vineyards of Italy, South Africa, Bulgaria and Kent. His path to the summit is littered with obstacles, however. Petty office politics, psychotic managers and the British Board of Wine & Liquor prove challenging enough. But when Felix negotiates the world's biggest Asti Spumante deal, he bites off more than he can chew and is plunged into a terrifying world of Mafiosi, people smuggling and ruthless multinationals.

Part thriller, part self-help manual and part drinking companion, Corkscrew is a coruscating critique of neo-liberal capitalism, religious intolerance and the perils of blind tasting.

"An astonishing debut. Bed-wettingly funny."
- The Little Chalfont Gazette

"Not suitable for young adults. Or most old ones, frankly."
- Buckinghamshire Bookworm Monthly

"A wholly inappropriate gift for any wine lover."
- American Goblet Magazine
Finalist in the People's Book Prize 2018
Felix Hart, a tragic orphan, is expelled from school, cast onto the British high street, and forced to make his way in the cut-throat world of wine retailing. Thanks to a positive mental attitude, he is soon forging a promising career, his sensual adventures taking him to the vineyards of Italy, South Africa, Bulgaria and Kent. His path to the summit is littered with obstacles, however. Petty office politics, psychotic managers and the British Board of Wine & Liquor prove challenging enough. But when Felix negotiates the world's biggest Asti Spumante deal, he bites off more than he can chew and is plunged into a terrifying world of Mafiosi, people smuggling and ruthless multinationals.

Part thriller, part self-help manual and part drinking companion, Corkscrew is a coruscating critique of neo-liberal capitalism, religious intolerance and the perils of blind tasting.

"An astonishing debut. Bed-wettingly funny."
- The Little Chalfont Gazette

"Not suitable for young adults. Or most old ones, frankly."
- Buckinghamshire Bookworm Monthly

"A wholly inappropriate gift for any wine lover."
- American Goblet Magazine
Über den Autor
Peter Stafford-Bow was born into a drinking family in the north of England in the mid-1970s. A precocious, self-taught imbiber, he dropped out of university to pursue a career in alcohol. After managing several downmarket London wine merchants, he became a supermarket buyer, a role which kindled his life-long love of food, other people's hospitality, and general gadding about. After periods living in East Asia and South Africa, Stafford-Bow returned to the UK to pursue a literary career. He has written three successful novels; Corkscrew, Brut Force and Firing Blancs. He lives in London with his beer executive girlfriend, an extensive wine collection and his pet ferrets, Brett and Corky.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Felix Hart Novels
ISBN-13: 9781911079354
ISBN-10: 1911079352
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stafford-Bow, Peter
Hersteller: Vinfare Ltd
The Felix Hart Novels
Maße: 203 x 127 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Stafford-Bow
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2016
Gewicht: 0,466 kg
Artikel-ID: 103383569
Über den Autor
Peter Stafford-Bow was born into a drinking family in the north of England in the mid-1970s. A precocious, self-taught imbiber, he dropped out of university to pursue a career in alcohol. After managing several downmarket London wine merchants, he became a supermarket buyer, a role which kindled his life-long love of food, other people's hospitality, and general gadding about. After periods living in East Asia and South Africa, Stafford-Bow returned to the UK to pursue a literary career. He has written three successful novels; Corkscrew, Brut Force and Firing Blancs. He lives in London with his beer executive girlfriend, an extensive wine collection and his pet ferrets, Brett and Corky.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Felix Hart Novels
ISBN-13: 9781911079354
ISBN-10: 1911079352
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stafford-Bow, Peter
Hersteller: Vinfare Ltd
The Felix Hart Novels
Maße: 203 x 127 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Stafford-Bow
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2016
Gewicht: 0,466 kg
Artikel-ID: 103383569
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