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Our Lady of the Sewers and Other Adventures in Deep Spain

Our Lady of the Sewers and Other Adventures in Deep Spain

Paperback (05 Aug 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Paul Richardson's mission - 'to sieve out the ancient, perverse and eccentric from the new, nice and normal' - took him from coastal plain to mountainous peak. It also took him, often, by surprise. From ritual pig killings to wood-chopping competitions, from an alchemist who eats stone, to pilgrimages in the name of obscure Virgins, his journey into deep Spain is captivating, often hilarious, sometimes surprising - and always highly illuminating.

'Richardson writes vividly about some of the wilder characters he meets ... read OUR LADY OF THE SEWERS if you want a glimpse of the surviving truth behind tour-operator cliches, and for a view of Spain that is becoming ever harder to find' SUNDAY TIMES

'Puckish, witty, casually erudite . delivers acute and sharply observed portraits of both people and places' TLS

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Abacus

Book information

ISBN: 9780349108575
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Abacus
Pub date:
DEWEY: 914.60483
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 292g
Height: 203mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 16mm