Books By Andy Crabb

Pages: 448

Paperback

Publisher: Libros International

Published: 20 Mar 2007

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1-905988-38-9

£9.99

Andy Crabb has been a resident in Spain for twelve years and his love of the language and the country has caused him to write POISONED PETALS This anthology of short stories is set entirely in the towns and villages of ancient and modern Spain, on the hills that we see from our patios, and behind the beautiful doors of the houses in our narrow streets. Historical characters roam through the first few stories, but are soon overtaken by some of the people who form the Spain of today: the antique-shop owner, the Spanish farmer, the unrequited lover, carpet vendors, estate agents, teachers of English, pampered ex-models, the department-store Father Christmas, the thief and a host of others. All these characters that we know so well are linked together by our own human emotions and behaviour, which range from treachery, revenge, dishonesty, murder and mayhem, to courage, self-sacrifice, compassion and love. Some of these stories are based on snippets of fact, others are the colourful product of the author's unconventional imagination.Books about Spain are many and cover everything from "verbs to vines", but this collection of tales must be read by anyone who has a feeling for this wonderful country and its people.